Complex sentence: Like the novel, the film was set in Stockton, California and shot mostly on location there, unfortunately all of the original skid row area depicted in the novel was demolished (West End Redevelopment) from 1965-69.
Split into simpler sentences: Like the novel, the film was set in Stockton, California and shot mostly on location there. All of the original skid row area depicted in the novel was demolished (West End Redevelopment) from 1965-69.