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Bradbury Building

building

🇺🇸 United States · 34.0505, -118.2478

Bradbury Building is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 5 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“The Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles served as a filming location, and a Warner Bros.”

Blade Runner (1982) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Bradbury Building as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Blade Runner 1982
The Artist 2011
“The iconic Bradbury Building in downtown L.A. provided the location for the film's distinctive staircase sequence.” Wikipedia
Her 2013
(500) Days of Summer 2009
“Christopher Hawthorne of the Los Angeles Times describes the film as having "finely honed sense of taste" to include the Bradbury Building where Tom goes for his job interview.” Wikipedia
Mission: Impossible 1966–
“The building appeared in at least one episode of the television series Banyon (1972–73), where it was used as Robert Forster's office, City of Angels (1976) and Mission: Impossible (1966–73), as well as Ned and Chuck's Apartment in Pushing Daisies, which debuted in 2007.” Wikipedia

Named here by Bradbury Building’s own Wikipedia article

Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Bradbury Building, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.

M 1931

“M (1951), a remake of the 1931 German film, contains a long search sequence filmed in the building, and a notable shot through the roof's skylight.” Wikipedia
D.O.A. 1950

“The Bradbury Building appeared in the noir films The Unfaithful (1947), Shockproof (1949), D.O.A. (1950) and I, The Jury (1953) (the latter filmed in 3-D).” Wikipedia
Fame 1982–

“The Bradbury Building and a fake New York City subway entrance across the street were also used to represent the exterior of New York's High School of Performing Arts in the opening credits of the television series Fame.” Wikipedia
Bosch 2014–2021

“The building appears as itself in multiple episodes of the fourth season of Amazon Studios' original series Bosch, in both exterior establishing shots and interior shots.” Wikipedia

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Bradbury Building?

5 productions are recorded as filmed at Bradbury Building, including Blade Runner (1982), The Artist (2011) and Her (2013). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Bradbury Building?

Blade Runner (1982), covered by 84 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Bradbury Building?

Bradbury Building is in the United States, at 34.0505, -118.2478.

What other filming locations are near Bradbury Building?

Long Beach, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Ambassador Hotel and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.