An official “Frasier” revival has been ordered by Paramount Plus, with Kelsey Grammar set to return in the title role. After nine years in Boston during most of the run of Cheers, the character of Dr. Frasier Crane moved to Seattle for 11 seasons, airing from 1993 to 2004. “Frasier” is one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, winning 37 Emmy Awards over 264 episodes.
The main set was Frasier’s apartment, designed to be “ultra-modern” in an “eclectic style,” as Frasier described it in the first episode. Part of the fictional “Elliott Bay Towers,” it’s roughly 2,000 square feet.
It was filled with high-end furniture, such as a replica of Coco Chanel’s sofa, an Eames chair, a lamp by Corbu, a kitchen with an open archway and a piano near a terrace on the rear upper level.
Marty’s chair had to be handmade. The prop department took a regular easy chair and reupholstered it with tacky fabric.
The terrace had one of the most iconic views in all of television, looking out to the Space Needle with the city skyline behind it.
Looking at the size of the Space Needle relative to Frasier’s apartment, it is guessed he was roughly 700 to 1150 feet from the Space Needle, which would put it in the Seattle Center, somewhere between the Seattle Repertory Theater and the International Fountain; but his apartment number (1901) would suggest he’s on the 19th floor.
According to bonus features in the Season 1 DVD set, the backdrop photo was taken from a cliff, presumed to be near Kerry Park.
Frasier’s apartment was also used in the short-lived reboot of “The Odd Couple,” starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon.
In 2018, the online interior design company “Modsy,” took a look back and re-imagined the apartment.