# Film_Locations_in_San_Francisco

Locations: Golden Gate Park
Fun Facts:
During San Francisco's Gold Rush era, the Park was part of an area designated as the "Great Sand Waste". 


Locations: Embarcadero Freeway
Fun Facts:
Embarcadero Freeway, which was featured in the film was demolished in 1989 because of structural damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake)


Locations: Fairmont Hotel (950 Mason Street, Nob Hill)
Fun Facts:
In 1945 the Fairmont hosted the United Nations Conference on International Organization as delegates arrived to draft a charter for the organization. The U.S. Secretary of State, Edward Stettinius drafted the charter in the hotel's Garden Room.


Locations: San Francisco Chronicle (901 Mission Street at 15th Street)
Fun Facts:
The San Francisco Zodiac Killer of the late 1960s sent his notes and letters to the Chronicle's offices.


Locations: City Hall
Fun Facts:
The dome of SF's City Hall is almost a foot taller than that of the US Capitol Building. In 1954, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe married at the Beaux Arts-style building.


Locations: Lefty O' Doul Drawbridge/ 3rd Street Bridge (3rd Street, China Basin)
Fun Facts:
This is SF's only drawbridge, and was named after Francis Joseph "Lefty" O'Doul, a local baseball hero.


Locations: Golden Gate Bridge
Fun Facts:
With 23 miles of ladders and 300,000 rivets in each tower, the Golden Gate Bridge was the world's longest span when it opened in 1937.


Locations: Embarcadero Freeway
Fun Facts:
Embarcadero Freeway, which was featured in the film, was demolished in 1989 because of structural damage from the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake)


Locations: Potrero Hill
Fun Facts:
The most crooked street in San Francisco is actually Potrero Hill's Vermont Street between 20th St & 22nd St.


Locations: Chinatown
Fun Facts:
First established in the mid-19th Century, SF's Chinatown is the oldest and largest Chinatown in the US.


Locations: Coit Tower
Fun Facts:
The Tower was funded by a gift bequeathed by Lillie Hitchcock Coit, a socialite who reportedly liked to chase fires. Though the tower resembles a firehose nozzle, it was not designed this way.


Locations: Cliff House (1090 Point Lobos Avenue)
Fun Facts:
In 1887, the Cliff House was severely damaged when the schooner Parallel, abandoned and loaded with dynamite, ran aground on the rocks below.


Locations: Mel's Drive-In (Corner of Van Ness & Mission Street, Mission District)
Fun Facts:
This restaurant location was demolished; however another Mel's was reopened in 1986 on 3355 Geary Blvd. 


Locations: Ocean Beach
Fun Facts:
On Jan. 25, 1878, the King Philip ship crashed in Ocean Beach. Occasionally, the ship's wreckage may be found on the beach-- most recently it was seen in 2007. 


Locations: Transbay Terminal (Mission Street at 1st Street)
Fun Facts:
Built in 1939, the Terminal linked San Francisco, the East Bay, and Sacramento by rail for the first time.


Locations: Vaillancourt Fountain (Justin Herman Plaza)
Fun Facts:
Installed in 1975, the Vaillancourt Fountain is officially titled, "Québec Libre!". The night before the sculpture's inauguration, artist Armand Vaillancourt inscribed "Québec libre!" in red letters on the sculpture. The next day when he noticed that the note had been erased, Vaillancourt jumped on the statue to re-inscribe his message. 


Locations: Treasure Island
Fun Facts:
An artificial island, Treasure Island was created for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, and is named after the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, a one-time San Francisco resident.


Locations: Postcard Row, Alamo Square, Hayes Valley
Fun Facts:
The 6 Victorian homes across from Alamo Square Park are among the few Victorians to survive the Great Fire.


Locations: Lands End Trail at Eagles Point/ Lincoln Park Golf Course
Fun Facts:
The character of Steve McKee was based on actor Steve McQueen who studied with Bruce Lee in the later 60's.


Locations: St. Peter & Paul's Church (666 Filbert Street, Washington Square)
Fun Facts:
Though Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were not allowed to be married at the Church (DiMaggio had married his first wife at the Church but was divorced), the couple returned to the steps of the Church for photos, following their City Hall nuptials.


Locations: Fisherman's Wharf
Fun Facts:
Supposedly, Mikhail S. Gorbachev has said that his favorite part of visiting America was touring Fisherman's Wharf.


Locations: Ferry Building
Fun Facts:
Every hour and half-hour, the clock bell atop the Ferry Building chimes portions of the Westminster Quarters.


Locations: Lombard Street
Fun Facts:
Lombard Street is not actually the most crooked in SF. That honor goes to Potrero Hill's Vermont Street between 22nd and 23rd.


Locations: Aquatic Park (Jefferson Street)
Fun Facts:
Located at one end of Fisherman's Wharf, Aquatic Park was built as part of FDR's Works Progress Administration Project.


Locations: SF General Hospital Center (1001 Potrero Avenue, Potrero Hill)
Fun Facts:
SF General Hospital is the only Level I Trauma Center serving San Francisco and northern San Mateo County. 


Locations: Marina Green (Marina District)
Fun Facts:
Before the 1906 earthquake, the land on which Marina Green sits was a tidal marsh, and rubble from the earthquake was dumped on the site. However, the site was filled in to provide land for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exhibition. 


Locations: Kennedy Hotel (226 Embarcadero at Howard Street)
Fun Facts:
Hotel was destroyed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Corporate headquarters for the Gap reside at the location today.


Locations: Bay Bridge
Fun Facts:
Before opening in 1936, the bridge was blessed by Cardinal Secretary of State Eugenio Pacelli, who later became Pope Pius XII. 


Locations: California Academy of Sciences (Golden Gate Park)
Fun Facts:
Founded in 1853, 3 years after California joined the United States, the Academy was originally named the California Academy of Natural Sciences and was the first institution of its kind in the United States.


Locations: Mission Dolores Park (Mission District) via J-Church MUNI Train
Fun Facts:
The two land plots that comprise the Park were used as a Jewish cemetery until 1894 when San Francisco prohibited all burials within city limits. The graves were moved to Colma, CA.


Locations: Palace of Fine Arts
Fun Facts:
The Palace of Fine Arts was designed by Bernard Maybeck and was originally constructed for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition.  It has been in films such as Time After Time, The Room, Twisted, So I Married An Axe Murderer and The Rock.


Locations: Treasure Island
Fun Facts:
From the late 1980s, Treasure Island's old aircraft Hangar 2 (Building 2) and Hangar 3 (Building 3) served as sound stages for film-making and TV, including  Rent, The Pursuit of Happyness, Flubber, What Dreams May Come, Patch Adams, The Parent Trap, Bicentennial Man and the TV series Trauma.


Locations: Mission Dolores (3321 16th Street, Mission District)
Fun Facts:
Mission Dolores' official name is Mission San Francisco de Assis. It is the oldest building in San Francisco, built in 1791, and has survived two major earthquakes.


Locations: The Castro
Fun Facts:
From 1910-1920 the Castro was called "Little Scandinavia" because of its high concentration of residents of Scandinavian ancestry.


Locations: Twin Peaks
Fun Facts:
The 2nd highest point in SF after Mt. Davidson, Twin Peaks sit at the geographic center of SF. The native Ohlone people called the area “Los Pechos de la Chola” or "Breasts of the Indian Maiden," but in the 19th Century when America took over the area, it was renamed "Twin Peaks".


Locations: Alta Plaza Park
Fun Facts:
The park was originally a rock quarry and served as a campground for many survivors of the 1906 earthquake. The site was converted to a park in 1910.


Locations: Union Square
Fun Facts:
During the Civil War, pro-Union rallies were held in the Square, and thus the area was called "Union Square". 


Locations: Westin St. Francis Hotel (335 Powell Street)
Fun Facts:
The hotel was originally supposed to be named the Crocker Hotel, after Charles Founder the railroad magnate who founded it. However, the hotel took the name the St. Francis after one of the earliest Gold Rush hotels. 


Locations: Mt. Davidson Cross, Mt. Davidson
Fun Facts:
The cross sits at the highest point in San Francisco (938 feet). This version of the cross was erected in 1934.Though in Dirty Harry the cross is lit at night, the City stopped this practice in 1990.


Locations: Kezar Stadium, Golden Gate Park
Fun Facts:
The stadium was demolished and completely rebuilt after sustaining damages in the 1898 Loma Prieta earthquake.


Locations: Bank of America Building (555 California Street)
Fun Facts:
The Bank of America Building was the tallest building on the West Coast from 1969-1972, when it was surpassed by the TransAmerica Pyramid. Today, the Bank of America building is the 5th tallest building on the West Coast.


Locations: Fort Point (Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Fun Facts:
Built in 1853, Fort Point is the only West Coast fort built by the Union Army. Though the Confederate army planned to attack San Francisco, the commanding Confederate general learned that the war had ended while end route to SF.


Locations: Building 924, Presidio (Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Fun Facts:
In 1776, Spain made the Presidio a fortified area. The area was then given to Mexico, but then given to the US in 1848. The 1994 demilitarization of the area in 1994 marked the end of its 219 years of military use. 


Locations: Palace of Fine Arts (3301 Lyon Street)
Fun Facts:
The original Palace was built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition, and completely destroyed in 1964. It was rebuilt in 1965.


Locations: Castro Theatre (429 Castro Street, The Castro)
Fun Facts:
The original Castro Theatre was built in 1910, a few doors down from the current theatre. The original theatre was converted into retail space, and the current theatre was built in the 1920s.


Locations: Legion of Honor, 100 34th Ave
Fun Facts:
California Palace of the Legion of Honor was completed in 1924, and on Armistice Day of that year the doors opened to the public. In keeping with the wishes of the donors, to “honor the dead while serving the living,” it was accepted by the city of San Francisco as a museum of fine arts dedicated to the memory of the 3,600 California men who had lost their lives on the battlefields of France during World War I.


Locations: Bentley Reserve, 301 Battery Street
Fun Facts:
The Bentley Reserve is the former San Francisco Federal Reserve. Designed by architect George W. Kelham and completed in 1924, the building has been a prominent landmark of the Financial District for 89 years.


Locations: Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission Street
Fun Facts:
The Marriott Marquis opened on October 17, 1989, the day of the Loma Prieta earthquake.[7] With better earthquake proofing than several nearby hotels, the building only lost a single window.[7]


Locations: Sheraton Palace Hotel (2 Montgomery Street, Financial District)
Fun Facts:
The hotel was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire, had to be rebuilt, and was reopened in 1909. 


Locations: Candlestick Park
Fun Facts:
Then Vice President Richard Nixon threw out the first pitch when Candlestick opened in 1960. On August 29, 1966, The Beatles played their last concert for paying fans at Candlestick Park.


Locations: Nob Hill
Fun Facts:
Railroad tycoons like Leland Stanford (founder of Stanford University) lived in Nob Hill at the turn of the 20th Century. The 1906 earthquake completely destroyed Nob Hill, with the exception of the wall that surrounded the mansions of Stanford and his neighbor Mark Hopkins. 


Locations: Fort Mason (Golden Gate National Recreation Area)
Fun Facts:
Constructed in 1864 as a coastal defense site, Fort Mason went on to serve as an army post for more than 100 years.


Locations: Twin Peaks
Fun Facts:
The 2nd highest point in SF after Mt. Davidson, Twin Peaks sit at the geographic center of SF. The native Ohlone people called the area "called the area “Los Pechos de la Chola” or "Breasts of the Indian Maiden," but in the 19th Century when America took over the area, it was renamed "Twin Peaks".


Locations: TransAmerica Pyramid (600 Montgomery Street)
Fun Facts:
The Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper west of the Mississippi from 1972-1974, until it was surpassed by Los Angeles' Aon Center. 


Locations: Stockton Tunnel (Stockton Street at Sutter Street)
Fun Facts:
Opened in 1914, the Stockton Tunnel was built to provide North Beach residents access to the thriving downtown area.


Locations: The Barbary Coast
Fun Facts:
The Barbary Coast was a red-light district that was largely destroyed in the 1906 earthquake. Though some of the establishments were rebuilt after the earthquake, an anti-vice campaign put the establishments out of business.


Locations: Neiman Marcus (150 Stockton Street, Union Square)
Fun Facts:
The City of Paris department store previously occupied the space that now houses Neiman Marcus. City of Paris' original rotunda and glass dome were incorporated into Neiman Marcus' design.


Locations: Mission Dolores Park, 19th St. & Dolores St.
Fun Facts:
After the devastating earthquake of 1906, the park served as a refugee camp for more than 1600 families who lost their home in the disaster.


Locations: Clarion Alley between Valencia and Mission
Fun Facts:
The murals that make up this famous alley were first painted in 1992 and still looked after by the Clarion Alley Mural Project.


Locations: Macchiarini Steps, Kearny between Vallejo and Broadway
Fun Facts:
The namesake for the steps was an Italian-American California-based modernist jeweler and sculptor who pioneered avant-garde jewelry.


Locations: City Lights Bookstore (261 Columbus)
Fun Facts:
One of the country's earliest bookstores, City Lights was founded by, and still owned by beat poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The bookstore was often frequented by Beat writers like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac.


Locations: Telegraph Hill
Fun Facts:
Largely untouched by the 1906 earthquake, Telegraph Hill has the most pre-1870 buildings in the city.


Locations: United Nations Plaza (Civic Center)
Fun Facts:
United Nations Plaza was built in 1975 and across its walkways are white lines into which the preamble to the preamble of the UN charter is carved.


Locations: Chinatown Gate
Fun Facts:
Designed in 1970, the Chinatown Gate (aka the Dragon Gate) is based on ceremonial gates found in Chinese villages. 


Locations: Capital Restaurant, 839 Clay Street
Fun Facts:
Russell Tovey originally auditioned for the role of Patrick, but was unsuccessful. After the show got picked up, the character of Kevin was written with him in mind.


Locations: Van Ness and Market Street MUNI exit
Fun Facts:
The character of Doris was originally a recurring role, but everyone on the team liked Lauren Weedman's performance so much that she became a full time regular during the second season.


Locations: Ida B. Wells High School (1099 Hayes Street)
Fun Facts:
Ida B. Wells High School is named after the African-American journalist, suffragist and early leader in the Civil Rights Movement Ida B. Wells


Locations: Blind Cat, 3050 24th Street, San Francisco
Fun Facts:
Pushing Dead won the Audience Award for  Frameline San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival 
2016


Locations: Clay St. at Taylor
Fun Facts:
3 characters walk down the street. An earthquake shakes the city and stuff starts breaking. One character gets a shard of glass stuck in his leg.


Locations: 555 California
Fun Facts:
Characters walk out of broken window of 555 California out to Kearny St. Splinter unit films a car driving into the garage at 555 California


Locations: AT&T Stadium
Fun Facts:
3 characters run out of stadium, there is a group of people on the sidewalk, an earthquake hits, and they duck for cover


Locations: Hyde St. at Greenwich and Hyde St. at Lombard
Fun Facts:
Characters walk to get a vantage point for Coit tower. 250 actors walking "fleeing" the city after earthquake


Locations: Westerfeld House, 1198 Fulton St.
Fun Facts:
In the 1940's, the house became a 14-unit apartment building that housed jazz musicians including John Handy. This location serves as the hideout for the San Francisco-based character Nomi.


Locations: The Women's Building, 3543 18th St.
Fun Facts:
The mural painted outside the building was painted by 7 women artists including Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman and Meera Desai. The computer lab scene was filmed inside the building.


Locations: Julia Morgan Ballroom at the Merchant's Exchange Building, 465 California St.
Fun Facts:
An extremely popular location for weddings, the namesake of the ballroom was an architect most famous for her work on Hearst Castle.


Locations: Grace Cathedral, 1100 California St.
Fun Facts:
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a sermon at the cathedral to celebrate the completion and consecration of the church in 1964.


Locations: San Francisco City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl.
Fun Facts:
Many films have shot scene in and around the building including Raiders of the Lost Ark, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry, The Towering Inferno, A View to a Kill and most recently, Milk. The Christmas party scene for this show was shot in the Rotunda. 


Locations: City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus Ave.
Fun Facts:
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg was published in 1956 by City Lights after poet and founder Laurence Ferlinghetti heard Ginsberg read it in 1955.


Locations: Washington Square Park (North Beach)
Fun Facts:
Washington Square Park is not actually a square, as it has 5 sides. North Beach is not a beach. The statue in the Park is Ben Franklin, not George Washington.


Locations: Powell and Geary Streets (Union Square)
Fun Facts:
The pet shop featured in the film does not exist, but was based on the now-closed Robison's House of Pets formerly located on Maiden Lane.


Locations: Alcoa Building (1 Maritime Plaza)
Fun Facts:
A partially-above ground parking structure near the building made it necessary for architects to make the Alcoa Building's diagonal bracing visible, instead of placing it inside and drastically reducing the amount usable interior space. 


Locations: Neiman Marcus (150 Stockton Street, Union Square)
Fun Facts:
In the film the City of Paris Department Store is featured. That establishment was located where Neiman Marcus stands today


Locations:
San Francisco National Military Cemetery (Lincoln Blvd., The Presidio, Golden Gate National Recreation Center)


Locations: Golden Gate Park
Fun Facts:
The Playland amusement park where "Hall of Mirrors" sequence at the end of the movie was filmed has since been destroyed. However, relics from the park are now housed at the nearby Cliff House.


Locations: Cliff House (1090 Point Lobos Avenue)
Fun Facts:
The Musee Mechanique, which Julie Andrews' character visits in the movie, was at the time housed under the Cliff House.


Locations: Cow Palace
Fun Facts:
Supposedly, the Cow Palace's name derives from a newspaper editorial in which the writer wonders whether the soon-to-be-built structure for livestock was a "palace for cows". 


Locations: Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Fun Facts:
The size of the Recreation Area is over two and a half greater than that of the city and county of San Francisco.


Locations: Huntington Park (California & Taylor Streets, Nob Hill)
Fun Facts:
The mansion of Arabella Huntington, widow of railroad magnate Collis P. Huntington, was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake and fire. Mrs. Huntington the donated the land on which the park now stands to the city.


Locations: Ghirardelli Square (900 North Point Street, Fisherman's Wharf)
Fun Facts:
In 1893, chocolatier Domingo Ghirardelli bought an entire city block to house the headquarters of Ghirardelli Chocolates.


Locations: City Hall
Fun Facts:
Exterior scenes include re-creating the White Night Riots on May 21, 1979 and the Gay Freedom March. Interior scenes included the wedding ceremony for Roma and Diane which had a few Board of Supervisors in the ceremony. The current Clerk for the Board of Supervisors played herself in one of the scenes filmed in the Chambers.


