🛣 Streets & squares
Wacker Drive
major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, USA
🇺🇸 United States · 41.8869, -87.6274
Wacker Drive 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.
“In July, three weeks were spent filming the truck chase scene, mainly on Wacker Drive, a multi-level street that had to be closed overnight.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wacker Drive 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.
- The Dark Knight 2008
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Batman Begins
2005
“Some scenes, including the Tumbler pursuit, were filmed in Chicago at locations such as Lower Wacker Drive and 35 East Wacker.” Wikipedia
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The Blues Brothers
1980
“The other chase scenes included lower Wacker Drive, Lake Street and Richard J. Daley Center.” Wikipedia
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Wanted
2008
“Several chase scenes, including one with a low flying helicopter, were shot in Chicago over two days, on Wacker Drive along the Chicago River, between Columbus Drive and LaSalle Street.” Wikipedia
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Streets of Fire
1984
“All 10 days of filming in Chicago were exteriors at night, on locations that included platforms of elevated subway lines and the depths of Lower Wacker Drive.” Wikipedia
Named here by Wacker Drive’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Wacker Drive, 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.
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The Dark Knight 2008
“The car chase scene in The Dark Knight (2008) was filmed on Lower Wacker Drive.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Wacker Drive?
5 productions are recorded as filmed at Wacker Drive, including The Dark Knight (2008), Batman Begins (2005) and The Blues Brothers (1980). 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 Wacker Drive?
The Dark Knight (2008), covered by 107 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Wacker Drive?
Wacker Drive is in the United States, at 41.8869, -87.6274.
What other filming locations are near Wacker Drive?
Chicago, LaSalle Street, Navy Pier, Willis Tower 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 Strugglebussing, CC BY-SA 4.0.