'Cold Case' filming at City Hall

They'll be prepping tomorrow, camouflaging the palm trees north and south of the Garfield steps and posting No Parking signs at four meters north of the steps for their trucks.

At 4:00am they'll begin covering the colored curbs with gray tape, and will relocate the handicap spaces north of the Garfield steps to Thurgood Marshall.

The scene involves a gaggle of reporters held back behind barricades in front of City Hall, actors walking up the handicap ramp and into the rotunda. There will also be snow blankets and a hot dog cart for "picture," and "emergency vehicles" parked in the red in front of the steps. Another scene will take place across the street on the west side of Garfield north of the Holly St. crosswalk at a parked car, which will necessitate a lane closure on that half block, but will not close the traffic lane.

Pasadena Police will be on site to stop traffic for very short periods intermittently throughout the day, and twenty picture cars will drive around the area as "background."

Film trucks will park in the Ramona W&P lot, on the south side of Thurgood Marshall, and a small generator will park on Union along side City Hall in the loading zone.

"No Parking" signs will be posted for Friday's filming at the meters on the east side of Garfield seven meters north and five meters south of the City Hall steps, on the west side of Garfield from Holly St. north ten meters and south four meters. One meter will be posted on south side of Ramona beside the parking lot gate for truck clearance into the lot.

The company has printed four "CITY HALL IS OPEN" signs, lest anyone get the impression it's not, which will be strategically placed at the outskirts of the filming activity.

Please contact the Pasadena Film Office at 626-744-3964 with any questions or concerns.