the OCB a.k.a. Gold Coast Shipping building


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From the looks of your great pictures it appears you were there after the bridge was built and the building striped out. In the entrance where the wall is blank there was something there like a mural or sculpture but I can't remember, darn it. Walked thru first and second floor before bridge was built and workmen were in there then striping stuff out.

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Yes, this was in August(?) of 2003. I just took those interior pics thru the glass of the entrance. I was sad to see it in such shape with the destruction looming. Still glad I got to be there before it was gone. I wish I could have visited Tommy’s garage before they turned it into a bus station. ;(

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On 17/10/2017 at 2:53 AM, Dadrian said:

Okay, turns out I have more than one pic. Hard to believe this was nearly 15 years ago! Anyway, this may not help the above questions, but still cool:

 

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Fantastic pictures 

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I was looking at C Glides location page and it was really interesting to read about where the different sets were located and the story behind it.. http://www.miamivicelocations.org/page13.html

Thought I would share this pic, which to me looks like from the OCB set at Greenwich Studios.

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Credit to Sara Rogers. Don't know where this was taken. 

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2 hours ago, summer84 said:

I was looking at C Glides location page and it was really interesting to read about where the different sets were located and the story behind it.. http://www.miamivicelocations.org/page13.html

Thought I would share this pic, which to me looks like from the OCB set at Greenwich Studios.

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Credit to Sara Rogers. Don't know where this was taken. 

Great pictures - thankyou for posting !

Sure look likes Greenwich Studios up in North Miami :hippie:

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1 hour ago, Matt5 said:

Great pictures - thankyou for posting !

Sure look likes Greenwich Studios up in North Miami :hippie:

Thanks, my pleasure! Yeah in comparing the pics with the ceiling and all around setting it does!

The windows on the left look like from Castillos's office maybe...

 

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Exterior Scenes at the Miami Shipyards

Heart of Darkness - Just after C&T get dropped off at the porn studio, we see the Daytona drive north on SW 2nd Ave and turn right into the OCB parking lot, the first time in the series that we see the famous Art Deco corner entrance.

Golden Triangle Part I - We see the Daytona driving south on SW 2nd Ave over the bridge and turning left into the OCB parking lot.

Stone's War - We see the Testarossa drive south on SW 2nd Ave over the bridge and turn left into the OCB parking lot.  This is at night and the entrance has purple accent lighting.  They forgot to put up the "Gold Coast Shipping" prop sign and instead we see the real-life name of the building "Miami Shipyards Corp".

Golden Triangle Part II - This is the only true exterior OCB scene of the entire series, with dialogue.  Just after Dale Menton's visit to the OCB, Castillo walks and talks with Crockett & Tubbs.  They go from the OCB corner entrance across the parking lot and they climb into Tubbs' Caddy.

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Is that all of them or have I forgotten any?  There were several OCB exterior scenes filmed elsewhere:

Little Prince - Castillo does a very similar walk and talk with Crockett & Tubbs, but this is filmed a few blocks away from the OCB in a different parking lot.

Rites of Passage - Switek & Zito are repairing the bug van and C&T drive up and joke around with them.  This is filmed in the parking lot of Greenwich Studios

Rites of Passage - Near the end of the ep, C&T walk to the Daytona in what seems like an underground garage but CGlide figured out that this is simply the Greenwich Studios building.

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Two more in the parking lot of Greenwich Studios:

Stone's War - when Crockett gets his new Ferrari

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El Viejo - when Switek meets the Broward cop and his big rig

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At the end of "Whatever Works" when Crockett is getting his Ferrari back, we see one of the Miami Shipyards buildings across the river:

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I'm not sure if we see that particular building at any other point in the series.  This is the direction we are looking:

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  • blue = Miami Shipyards building we are looking at
  • red = famous OCB corner entrance
  • pink = warehouse from the end of Golden Triangle where Lao Li orders the killing of his grandsons

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23 hours ago, airtommy said:

 

At the end of "Whatever Works" when Crockett is getting his Ferrari back, we see one of the Miami Shipyards buildings across the river:

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I'm not sure if we see that particular building at any other point in the series.  This is the direction we are looking:

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  • blue = Miami Shipyards building we are looking at
  • red = famous OCB corner entrance
  • pink = warehouse from the end of Golden Triangle where Lao Li orders the killing of his grandsons

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So great and all long gone sadly!

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I just noticed this sign in "Freefall".

 

Organized Crime Bureau

Strategic Intelligence

Tactical Intelligence

Vice / Narcotics

 

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9 hours ago, airtommy said:

I just noticed this sign in "Freefall".

 

Organized Crime Bureau

Strategic Intelligence

Tactical Intelligence

Vice / Narcotics

 

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On 11/1/2017 at 12:30 PM, summer84 said:

I was looking at C Glides location page and it was really interesting to read about where the different sets were located and the story behind it.. http://www.miamivicelocations.org/page13.html

Thought I would share this pic, which to me looks like from the OCB set at Greenwich Studios.

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Credit to Sara Rogers. Don't know where this was taken. 

Great find @airtommy! This looks like the same spot, where she was pictured at the OCB. 

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13 hours ago, airtommy said:

I just noticed this sign in "Freefall".

 

Organized Crime Bureau

Strategic Intelligence

Tactical Intelligence

Vice / Narcotics

 

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Love this, burnt out cops. Couldn’t care if they lived or died on the edge, great “Freefall”.

 

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On 8/29/2017 at 12:34 AM, airtommy said:

I was flipping channels and watched a few minutes of By Hooker By Crook on Cozi network, and I noticed this:

 

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So by Season 3 they have changed the sign on Room 203 from "Barges & Tugs Landing Craft"  to "Accounting".  Then another thing occurred to me.  Both of these signs are stupid:  This "Room 203" door in reality leads directly into the kitchen section of the OCB's main room! 

In "Cuba Libre" you can clearly read the sign for Room 202:

MARITIME SVCS

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In Golden Triangle Part II they take Howie Wong to OCB for questioning.  Do we see this part of the OCB any other time in the series? The room Castillo enters is probably the interrogation room we see many times.

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I think there are some other scenes like this too, including French Twist when they are making the drug dealers talk to Bandi on the phone. 

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1 hour ago, Bren10 said:

Isn't there an OCB area like this in Little Miss Dangerous when she barges in to visit Rico?

Yup!

the main room:

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opposite view of hallway seen in Golden Triangle:

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a side room:

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And also redecorated in “Child’s Play”. I’m also sure we see this area again when it is posing as the other police station in “Home Invaders” when Sonny and the team work with Sonny’s great friend and mentor in robbery.

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36 minutes ago, Dadrian said:

I think there are some other scenes like this too, including French Twist when they are making the drug dealers talk to Bandi on the phone. 

Wow, you guys know your OCB scenes!

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8 minutes ago, Matt5 said:

And also redecorated in “Child’s Play”. I’m also sure we see this area again when it is posing as the other police station in “Home Invaders” when Sonny and the team work with Sonny’s great friend and mentor in robbery.

“Home Invaders” when the team visit the robbery division at another police station.

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