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[[File:Quarren apartment building.jpg|thumb|A [[Quarren (species)|Quarren]] apartment complex]]
[[Image:Kirk's apartment.jpg|thumb|Kirk's apartment in San Francisco was filled with collectables that demonstrated his interest in the past, including many nautical objects.]]
 
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An '''apartment''' is a building that holds housing units for many people, each individual unit usually smaller than a full-size house.
'''James T. Kirk's San Francisco apartment''' was the home of Admiral [[James T. Kirk]] in [[2285]]. The apartment was located on a high floor about 457 meters, (1,500 feet) above the ground in a tall skyscraper in [[San Francisco]] and featured sweeping views of the city, the bay, Alcatraz, the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] and at least two other prominent 23rd century skyscrapers. The apartment featured a fireplace in the living room with a curved wall and mosaic treatment behind it. To the left of the fireplace and to the right of the windows there was a metalic sculpture that perhaps could have been a model of the skycraper the apartment is in. Kirk filled the apartment with antiques reflecting his fondness for them, in particular alot of the antiques were of a nautical nature, also amoung the items were 18th-19th century Earth firearms and a late 20th Century Earth computer.
 
   
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=== 811 East 68th Street (New York City) ===
==Background Information==
 
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[[Gary Seven]] and his associates worked in Apartment 12B, using advanced alien technology, including his [[servo]] hidden in his office in [[New York City]]. ({{TOS|Assignment: Earth}})
The backdrop view of San Francisco from Kirk's apartment was previously used in the movie the Towering Inferno (1974), the backdrop in that movie was used for a 135th floor restaurant from a perspective about 1,500 feet (457 meters) above downtown San Francisco. The metalic sculpture in Kirk's apartment near the fireplace bears a striking resemblance to the "Glass Tower" skyscraper in the movie.
 
   
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=== James Kirk's apartment (San Francisco) ===
==Appearances==
 
 
[[File:Kirk's apartment.jpg|thumb|Kirk's apartment in San Francisco was filled with collectables that demonstrated his interest in the past, including many nautical objects]]
*''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''
 
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[[File:Kirk and McCoy.jpg|thumb|McCoy visiting Kirk in his San Francisco apartment]]
*''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''
 
 
'''James T. Kirk's San Francisco apartment''' was the home of [[Admiral]] [[James T. Kirk]] in [[2285]]. It was in a tall skyscraper in [[San Francisco]] and featured sweeping views of the city, the bay, Alcatraz, the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] and at least two other prominent [[23rd century]] skyscrapers. The apartment featured a fireplace in the living room with a curved wall and mosaic treatment behind it. To the left of the fireplace and to the right of the windows there was a metallic sculpture that perhaps could have been a model of the skyscraper the apartment was in. Kirk filled the apartment with antiques, reflecting his fondness for them; in particular, a lot of the antiques were of a nautical nature. Also among the items were [[18th century|18th]] and [[19th century]] Earth firearms and a late [[20th century]] Earth [[computer]]. ({{film|2}}; {{film|3}})
   
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[[File:Kirkapartmentset.jpg|thumb|A production still of the San Francisco backdrop for Kirk's apartment in ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'']]
==External Links==
 
 
{{bginfo|The backdrop view of San Francisco from Kirk's apartment was previously used in the movie ''The Towering Inferno'' (1974). The backdrop in that movie was used for a 135th floor restaurant overlooking San Francisco. The metallic sculpture in Kirk's apartment near the fireplace bears a striking resemblance to the "Glass Tower" skyscraper in the movie.}}
*[http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/StarTrek/02TheWrathOfKhan/ Film in America - TWOK]
 
*[http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/StarTrek/03TheSearchForSpock/ Film in America - TSFS]
 
*[http://www.thetoweringinferno.info/abbott.html The Towering Inferno]
 
   
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===See also===
[[Category:Earth]]
 
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* ''Admiral Janeway's apartment'' ({{VOY|Endgame}})
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* [[Reginald Barclay]]s apartment ({{VOY|Pathfinder}})
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* James Kirk's San Francisco apartment
 
** [http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/StarTrek/02TheWrathOfKhan/ Film in America - TWOK]
 
** [http://www.filminamerica.com/Movies/StarTrek/03TheSearchForSpock/ Film in America - TSFS]
 
** [http://www.thetoweringinferno.info/abbott.html ''The Towering Inferno'']
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Revision as of 23:08, 3 April 2016

Quarren apartment building

A Quarren apartment complex

An apartment is a building that holds housing units for many people, each individual unit usually smaller than a full-size house.

811 East 68th Street (New York City)

Gary Seven and his associates worked in Apartment 12B, using advanced alien technology, including his servo hidden in his office in New York City. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth")

James Kirk's apartment (San Francisco)

Kirk's apartment

Kirk's apartment in San Francisco was filled with collectables that demonstrated his interest in the past, including many nautical objects

Kirk and McCoy

McCoy visiting Kirk in his San Francisco apartment

James T. Kirk's San Francisco apartment was the home of Admiral James T. Kirk in 2285. It was in a tall skyscraper in San Francisco and featured sweeping views of the city, the bay, Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge and at least two other prominent 23rd century skyscrapers. The apartment featured a fireplace in the living room with a curved wall and mosaic treatment behind it. To the left of the fireplace and to the right of the windows there was a metallic sculpture that perhaps could have been a model of the skyscraper the apartment was in. Kirk filled the apartment with antiques, reflecting his fondness for them; in particular, a lot of the antiques were of a nautical nature. Also among the items were 18th and 19th century Earth firearms and a late 20th century Earth computer. (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan; Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)

File:Kirkapartmentset.jpg

A production still of the San Francisco backdrop for Kirk's apartment in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

The backdrop view of San Francisco from Kirk's apartment was previously used in the movie The Towering Inferno (1974). The backdrop in that movie was used for a 135th floor restaurant overlooking San Francisco. The metallic sculpture in Kirk's apartment near the fireplace bears a striking resemblance to the "Glass Tower" skyscraper in the movie.

See also

External links