Downey Studios
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The Downey Studios is a production studio in Downey, California
. The studio features 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) of indoor and outdoor production space including a 50000 square feet (4,645.2 m²) building and a 250,000 sq/ft building which is home of the largest indoor water tank in North America. A suburban residential street backlot with 5 complete homes and 11 facades is also available at the studio.
The studios were created out of the former Boeing
plant where the Space Shuttle
orbiters as well as some vehicles for the Apollo space program were assembled. The studios occupy only a portion of the former plant with the Downey Landing shopping complex, a Kaiser Permanente hospital, a park, a space museum taking up the remainder of the space.
Downey, California
Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The city is best known as the birthplace of the Apollo space program, and is the city where folk singer Karen Carpenter lived and died...
. The studio features 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) of indoor and outdoor production space including a 50000 square feet (4,645.2 m²) building and a 250,000 sq/ft building which is home of the largest indoor water tank in North America. A suburban residential street backlot with 5 complete homes and 11 facades is also available at the studio.
The studios were created out of the former Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
plant where the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
orbiters as well as some vehicles for the Apollo space program were assembled. The studios occupy only a portion of the former plant with the Downey Landing shopping complex, a Kaiser Permanente hospital, a park, a space museum taking up the remainder of the space.
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