The Müuse Atlas / Looks

High rise

Towers in glass, stone or concrete, with the street below in shadow for most of the day and the sky cut into pieces.

121 areas

AkihabaraFilming in Akihabara, Tokyo. Buildings faced floor to ceiling in printed advertising rise above a warren of tiny electronics stalls under the elevated tracks.Akihabara Radio Kaikan, Akihabara Radio Center, Chuo-dori pedestrian paradise
AventuraFilming in Aventura, Miami. Glass condominium towers rise over private marinas along the Intracoastal Waterway.Williams Island, Mediterranean Village, Aventura Mall
Avenue LouiseFilming in Avenue Louise, Brussels. Stone town houses and Art Nouveau facades line a tram boulevard from Place Louise to the Bois de la Cambre.Place Louise, Place Stéphanie, Bailli stop
Barrio NorteFilming in Barrio Norte, Buenos Aires. Stone apartment blocks with iron balconies line Avenida Santa Fe above shopfronts, and a 1919 theatre is now a bookshop.El Ateneo Grand Splendid, Avenida Santa Fe 2200, Avenida Callao 1300
BatterseaFilming in Battersea, London. A red brick power station with four white chimneys on the Thames, its brick shell used by Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Dark Knight and Sherlock.Battersea Power Station, Battersea Park, London Peace Pagoda
Battery Park CityFilming in Battery Park City, New York City. Brick apartment towers face a paved esplanade on landfill along the Hudson, with lawns, a marina and open harbor water.North Cove, South End Avenue, Rockefeller Park
BellevilleFilming in Belleville, Paris. A steep hillside in the 20th arrondissement of white rendered cités and 1970s tower blocks. Rififi sent Tony's former girlfriend to warn him on the railway bridge over rue de la Mare.Rue de Belleville, Rue Dénoyez, Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix
BelltownFilming in Belltown, Seattle. Brick storefronts from the 1890s sit under mid rise apartment towers a few blocks from the waterfront, and a Belltown nightclub played an Italian restaurant in the film Cheap AF.Bell Apartments, Federal Army and Navy Surplus, Vue Lounge
BijlmermeerFilming in Bijlmermeer, Amsterdam. Honeycomb rows of eleven storey slab blocks stand on raised roadways, with the metro running above ground on its own viaduct.Fleerde, Karspeldreef, Ganzenhoef
BoardwalkFilming on the Boardwalk, Atlantic City. A raised wood boardwalk lined with casino hotel towers, arcades and the ocean beyond.Ocean Casino Resort, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Resorts
BrickellFilming in Brickell, Miami. Glass residential towers over retail podiums along the Miami River, and the tower whose Conrad hotel played the nightclub Mansion in Miami Vice.Atlantis Condominium, Espirito Santo Plaza, Mary Brickell Village
BuckheadFilming in Buckhead, Atlanta. Mansions on wooded lots on one side of Peachtree Road, glass office towers on the other.Lenox Square, Buckhead Theatre, 10 Terminus Place
Bunker HillFilming in Bunker Hill, Downtown Los Angeles. Office towers and museums sit on a raised plateau above downtown, linked by plazas and a short funicular railway.Angels Flight, US Bank Tower, Westin Bonaventure Hotel
BykerFilming in Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. A long curved wall of patterned brick and coloured balcony panels rises above low rise terraces behind it.St Michael's Church, Shields Road, Byker Metro station
Canary WharfFilming in Canary Wharf, London. Glass towers stand over dock water on both sides, and Rogue One shot its Imperial base in the Underground station below.One Canada Square, Cabot Square, West India Avenue
Cedar-RiversideFilming in Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis. Brutalist towers with primary colored panels rise off a plaza on Cedar Avenue, the same towers The Mary Tyler Moore Show used as Mary Richards's apartment building.Riverside Plaza, Cedar Avenue South, West Bank Station
Central Business DistrictFilming in the Central Business District, New Orleans. Streetcars, historic bank towers and converted warehouses between Canal Street and the river.Gallier Hall, Orpheum Theater, The Roosevelt New Orleans
Century CityFilming in Century City, Los Angeles. Freestanding glass office towers and a curved hotel stand apart across wide plazas and sunken courtyards.Fox Plaza, Century Plaza Towers, Century Plaza Hotel
City CentreFilming in Mississauga City Centre. Curved glass condo towers rise behind a large shopping mall, with the Civic Centre's clock tower nearby.Absolute World, Square One, Mississauga Civic Centre
City of LondonFilming in the City of London. Narrow bent lanes of stone frontages under glass towers, and the Leadenhall Market doorway Harry Potter used as the Leaky Cauldron.St Paul's Cathedral, Peter's Hill, Castle Baynard Street
Coal HarbourFilming in Coal Harbour, Vancouver. Glass point towers stand over a marina of yachts and floatplanes, with a paved seawall path running the length of the harbour.Three Harbour Green, Coal Harbour Marina, Harbour Green Park
CopacabanaFilming in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. A curved four kilometre beach below a wall of highrise apartment towers, with a wave pattern stone promenade running its length.Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana Palace, Fort Copacabana
CorvialeFilming in Corviale, Rome. A single concrete block runs almost a kilometre above open farmland on the edge of the city.San Paolo della Croce a Corviale, Campo dei Miracoli, Via Poggio Verde
CroydonFilming in Croydon, London. A tight cluster of 1960s office towers over a covered shopping centre, with tram tracks at street level and terraced streets close behind.Wellesley Road, Whitgift Centre, St George's Walk
Dong Khoi StreetFilming in Dong Khoi Street, Ho Chi Minh City. Cream colonial hotels line the street, and Lam Son Square at its upper end is the square both Quiet American films used.Lam Son Square, Municipal Theatre, Caravelle Hotel
Downtown AlbuquerqueFilming in Downtown Albuquerque. Low 1920s office blocks in concrete and terra cotta line Central Avenue under the KiMo Theater's Pueblo Deco front, where Better Call Saul shot Jimmy McGill's courtroom and hideout scenes.KiMo Theater, First National Bank Building, Occidental Life Building
Downtown AustinFilming in Downtown Austin. Brick and limestone storefronts on Congress Avenue below glass condo towers, and the Driskill Hotel that played San Antonio's Menger in Lonesome Dove.Texas State Capitol, Paramount Theatre, Driskill Hotel
Downtown BrooklynFilming in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. Borough Hall's colonnade and a pedestrian shopping mall sit under new glass residential towers.Brooklyn Borough Hall, Fulton Street Mall, Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn
Downtown BuffaloFilming in Downtown Buffalo, Buffalo. Neoclassical and Art Deco office towers of the 1920s rise around Lafayette Square, with light rail on Main Street.Lafayette Square, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Liberty Building
Downtown DallasFilming in Downtown Dallas. Oliver Stone restored Dealey Plaza for JFK, and Dallas City Hall's inverted pyramid played OCP headquarters in RoboCop.Dealey Plaza, Texas School Book Depository, Dallas City Hall
Downtown DetroitFilming in Downtown Detroit. Limestone Art Deco towers rise over broad straight avenues around Campus Martius Park, and Batman v Superman used the alley beside the Penobscot Building as Metropolis.Guardian Building, Wayne County Building, Campus Martius Park
Downtown GlendaleFilming in Downtown Glendale. The Alex Theatre's neon tower stands blocks from the Americana at Brand and the Glendale Galleria.Alex Theatre, Museum of Neon Art, Americana at Brand
Downtown HonoluluFilming in Downtown Honolulu. Glass office towers rise over Bishop Street behind low government buildings with columned porticos, and the district ends at a working harbor.Aliʻiōlani Hale, Iolani Palace, First Hawaiian Center
Downtown HoustonFilming in Downtown Houston. Glass and steel office towers on a tight angled grid, with light rail down Main Street and the Wortham Theater Center corner RoboCop 2 turned into a future Detroit.Houston City Hall, Tranquillity Park, Alley Theatre
Downtown Long BeachFilming in Downtown Long Beach. The Queen Mary has been moored across the harbor since 1967, and Pine Avenue runs north from the water as the main commercial street.Main Post Office, Farmers and Merchants Bank building, International Tower
Downtown MiamiFilming in Downtown Miami, Florida. Terra cotta bank towers from the 1920s line Flagler Street, and Bad Boys used the county courthouse as its police station.Flagler Street, Miami-Dade County Courthouse, Alfred I. DuPont Building
Downtown MilwaukeeFilming in Downtown Milwaukee. Milwaukee City Hall's Flemish Renaissance tower over the RiverWalk, and the marble bank hall Public Enemies used for its Depression era robbery.Milwaukee City Hall, Milwaukee County Historical Society, U.S. Bank Center
Downtown NewarkFilming in Downtown Newark, New Jersey. Stone and brick office towers ring Four Corners, and Newark City Hall is where The Dark Knight Rises unveiled its own Batman statue.Four Corners, Paramount Theatre, Military Park
Downtown PhoenixFilming in Downtown Phoenix. A compact cluster of highrises over wide surface lots, and the corner where Psycho's 1960 opening finds the Jefferson Hotel.Chase Tower, Luhrs Tower, Orpheum Theatre
Downtown PittsburghFilming in Downtown Pittsburgh. Glass and granite office towers packed into a river triangle, and the streets The Dark Knight Rises used for a bomb chase across Gotham.PPG Place, Point State Park, Rachel Carson Bridge
Downtown ProvidenceFilming in Downtown Providence. Stone and terracotta office blocks from the 1900s to the 1920s, and the Arcade Underdog used for its kidnapping scene.Turk's Head Building, Westminster Arcade, Industrial Trust Building
Downtown Salt Lake CityFilming in Downtown Salt Lake City. Wide granite streets face the Wasatch Range, and the courthouse SLC Punk! used for its Market Street scenes stands a few blocks from Temple Square.Temple Square, Frank E. Moss Courthouse, Salt Lake City and County Building
Downtown San AntonioFilming in Downtown San Antonio. A sunken stone riverwalk under cypress trees, and the Tower Life Building that appears behind a scene in Miss Congeniality.The Alamo, Arneson River Theatre, Menger Hotel
Dubai MarinaFilming in Dubai Marina, Dubai. Glass towers rise straight from a dredged canal, with a promenade and moored yachts at their base.Cayan Tower, Marina Walk, The Walk at Jumeirah Beach Residence
East HarlemFilming in East Harlem, New York City. Brick tenements and NYCHA towers stand over Third Avenue, with a market building still working under the Park Avenue tracks.Third Avenue, Cuchifritos, La Marqueta
EuljiroFilming in Euljiro, Seoul. Ground floor metal and print shops behind roller shutters, and the Brutalist 1960s arcade block Vincenzo used as Geumga Plaza.Daerim Plaza, Sallim-dong metal shops, Bangsan Market
EURFilming in EUR, Rome. A white travertine cube with two hundred and sixteen identical arches rises off a straight boulevard, the steps where The Last Man on Earth staged its 1964 chase.Via Cristoforo Colombo, Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Palazzo dei Congressi
European QuarterFilming in the European Quarter, Brussels. Curved glass institutional towers line wide boulevards around the colonnaded stone arcade at Cinquantenaire, with older townhouses wedged between them.Berlaymont building, Cinquantenaire Arcade, Espace Leopold
Exchange PlaceFilming in Exchange Place, Jersey City. Glass office towers over a paved plaza facing Manhattan, and the esplanade where Coneheads' aliens first come ashore.101 Hudson Street, 30 Hudson Street, Colgate Clock
Far RockawayFilming in Far Rockaway, New York City. One and two storey bungalows from the 1920s stand in the shadow of brick public housing towers, a few blocks from the boardwalk.Mott Avenue, Smith Building, Far Rockaway Post Office
Financial DistrictFilming in the Financial District, Toronto. Black and gold bank towers rise over a granite plaza, and the streets between them go quiet on evenings and weekends.Toronto-Dominion Centre, Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay Street, First Canadian Place
Financial DistrictFilming in the Financial District, San Francisco. Granite banking halls run under office towers on a grid the cable cars still climb, capped by the Transamerica Pyramid at the north end.Merchants Exchange Building, Russ Building, Transamerica Pyramid
Financial DistrictFilming in the Financial District, Manhattan. Narrow one lane streets in shadow between some of the tallest buildings in the city. Wall Street and Broad Street have not taken cars since 2001.Trinity Church, Broad Street, New York Stock Exchange
FlushingFilming in Flushing, Queens. Main Street at Roosevelt Avenue is the third busiest crossing in New York. The signs above the shops are in Chinese and Korean.Main Street, Roosevelt Avenue, Northern Boulevard
Grand Canal DockFilming in Grand Canal Dock, Dublin. A square dock basin ringed by glass towers and a folded glass theatre, where Anniversary built a fictional American venue.Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Grand Canal Square, The Marker Hotel
HaeundaeFilming in Haeundae, Busan. A sand beach walled by a line of hotel and apartment towers, with a rocky, pine covered headland at one end.Dongbaekseom, Nurimaru APEC House, Haeundae traditional market
HammersmithFilming in Hammersmith, London. A concrete flyover over a roundabout of office towers, and the riverside pub where No Time to Die staged Bond's meeting with M.Broadway, flyover, Hammersmith Bridge
Journal SquareFilming in Journal Square, Jersey City. A cream terracotta movie palace from 1929 faces a transit plaza, and Joker turned its exterior into the Monarch Theater.Loew's Jersey Theatre, 26 Journal Square, Journal Square Transportation Center
KabukichoFilming in Kabukicho, Tokyo. Every building front along the grid is stacked floor to roof with illuminated signage for bars, clubs and pachinko halls.Kabukicho Ichibangai, Golden Gai, Shinjuku Toho Building
Kampung BaruFilming in Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. Wooden stilt houses and garden plots stand within sight of the Petronas Twin Towers.Rumah Biru, Saloma Link, Masjid Jamek Kampung Baru
Kendall SquareFilming in Kendall Square, Cambridge. Low brick mill buildings stand beside new glass laboratory towers along a canal basin, and American Hustle used the Barker Engineering Library at MIT for its Senate hearing scenes.Kendall Boiler and Tank Company, Kendall Square Cogeneration Station, Broad Canal
Kop van ZuidFilming in Kop van Zuid, Rotterdam. Brick warehouses, a gatehouse from 1879 and glass towers stand along the harbor piers across the Maas from the city center.Hotel New York, KPN Tower, De Rotterdam
KoreatownFilming in Koreatown, Los Angeles. Multilingual signage covers Art Deco storefronts along Wilshire Boulevard, and a handful of the buildings behind them have their own screen credits.Wiltern Theatre, Immanuel Presbyterian Church, HMS Bounty
La DéfenseFilming in La Défense, Paris. Glass office towers ring a raised esplanade over a sunken ring road, closed at one end by the Grande Arche.Grande Arche, CNIT, Tour First
Liberty VillageFilming in Liberty Village, Toronto. Converted red brick factories sit beside glass condominium towers, with the old Toronto Carpet Factory's covered bridge still crossing the street.Toronto Carpet Factory, Toy Factory Lofts, Lamport Stadium
Long BeachFilming in Long Beach, New York. A paved ocean boardwalk runs past high rise towers, with low Mediterranean stucco blocks in the West End.Laurel Diner, The People's Church, East Bay Drive and Lincoln Boulevard
Long Island CityFilming in Long Island City, Queens. The Pepsi-Cola sign stands in Gantry Plaza State Park. The Silvercup sign is still on the roof of the old bakery.Gantry Plaza State Park, Pepsi-Cola sign, Silvercup Studios
LujiazuiFilming in Lujiazui, Shanghai. Supertall glass towers rise together on a river bend, facing the Bund across the water.Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai World Financial Center, Shanghai Tower
Marina BayFilming in Marina Bay, Singapore. Three hotel towers with a curved rooftop deck, a lotus shaped museum and a financial skyline across open water.Marina Bay Sands, ArtScience Museum, Esplanade Theatres on the Bay
Marina del ReyFilming in Marina del Rey, Los Angeles. Basins of moored boats sit beneath mid and high rise apartment towers, with floating docks reaching every slip.Fisherman's Village, Burton Chace Park, Marina del Rey Marriott
Marina DistrictFilming in the Marina District, Atlantic City. Three glass casino towers rise along the Back Bay, reached by casino ramps rather than city streets.Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Harrah's Resort Atlantic City, Golden Nugget Atlantic City
MarzahnFilming in Marzahn, Berlin. Rows of prefabricated concrete towers up to twenty one storeys, the setting for the series Marzahn, mon amour.Ludwig-Renn-Straße, Marzahner Promenade, Eastgate
MidtownFilming in Midtown, Atlanta. Glass office towers line Peachtree Street, with the High Museum of Art and a handful of older buildings in between.One Atlantic Center, Margaret Mitchell House, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Nathan Phillips SquareFilming in Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto. A wide paved plaza between two curved concrete City Hall towers, with a reflecting pool that becomes a skating rink in winter.Toronto City Hall, Old City Hall, Osgoode Hall
New CenterFilming in New Center, Detroit. Granite and marble Art Deco towers by Albert Kahn rise over a low commercial boulevard, and the Fisher Building's marble lobby stood in for a briefing room in a Transformers sequel.Fisher Building, Albert Kahn Building, Cadillac Place
Nob HillFilming in Nob Hill, San Francisco. Cable car tracks climb past grand hotel fronts and apartment blocks on the crest of the hill.Mark Hopkins Hotel, Grace Cathedral, Fairmont Hotel
NorrmalmFilming in Norrmalm, Stockholm. A sunken 1960s plaza of glass and concrete towers, and the street Lisbeth Salander walked in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.Sergels torg, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Hötorget buildings
ÓbudaFilming in Óbuda, Budapest. A small Baroque square of pale yellow townhouses stands close to exposed Roman ruins and the ten storey concrete panel blocks of the 1970s, the same square Shadow and Bone used as Novokribirsk.Fő tér, Zichy Mansion, Kiscelli Museum
PaddingtonFilming in Paddington, London. A still canal basin behind glass towers sits a short walk from cream stucco garden squares.Paddington Basin, Merchant Square, Norfolk Square
Park HillFilming in Park Hill, Sheffield. Concrete ranges banded in brick climb the hillside in stepped terraces, linked by wide open access decks.Sheffield railway station, South Street Open Space, Talbot Street
Peachtree CenterFilming in Peachtree Center, Atlanta. Beige concrete office towers and atrium hotels rise from a raised podium, linked across the streets by enclosed skybridges.Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Perimeter CenterFilming in Perimeter Center, Atlanta. Glass office towers and a regional mall beside a freeway interchange, with parking decks and wide roads between them.Perimeter Mall, Dunwoody MARTA station, King and Queen towers
PetržalkaFilming in Petržalka, Bratislava. Long rows of panel apartment blocks, each repainted a different colour by its own residents, spread across the Danube's right bank.Ševčenkova, Námestie hraničiarov, Sad Janka Kráľa
PolancoFilming in Polanco, Mexico City. Wide tree-lined avenues of embassies and designer boutiques give way to 1940s stone houses on the side streets, and the hotel tower where Total Recall filmed its penthouse and lobby scenes.Avenida Presidente Masaryk, Parque Lincoln, Parroquia San Agustin
PoplarFilming in Poplar, Tower Hamlets. Concrete estate towers linked by covered bridges stand beside older brick terraces, with Canary Wharf's glass towers rising just to the south.Balfron Tower, Chrisp Street Market clock tower, Kilmore House
Potsdamer PlatzFilming in Potsdamer Platz, Berlin. Curved glass office towers and a clinker brick high rise ring a paved plaza under a steel and glass tent roof.The Center Potsdamer Platz, Bahntower, Kollhoff-Tower
Puerto MaderoFilming in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires. Brick dock warehouses face glass towers across a still water channel, crossed by a rotating footbridge.Puente de la Mujer, Alvear Tower, Faena Arts Center
Quartier des SpectaclesFilming in Quartier des Spectacles, Montreal. Granite plazas and concert halls east of downtown, and the metro station a John Wick sequel lit as a New York subway.Place des Festivals, Belgo Building, Place des Arts
Rainey StreetFilming in Rainey Street, Austin. Wood frame bungalow bars stand at sidewalk edge under towers thirty and seventy stories tall.Bangers Sausage House and Beer Garden, The Stay Put, Hotel Van Zandt
Rittenhouse SquareFilming in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. A formal square of diagonal walks and a limestone terrace, ringed by brick rowhouses and prewar towers, with the walkway near 18th and Locust where Trading Places shot Eddie Murphy's blind veteran scene.Delancey Place, 1900 Rittenhouse, College of Physicians
Rockefeller CenterFilming in Rockefeller Center, Manhattan. Limestone Art Deco towers around a sunken plaza, with an ice rink and a Christmas tree in the center.The rink, lower plaza, Channel Gardens, 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Roosevelt IslandFilming on Roosevelt Island, Manhattan. Main Street runs the length of the island in red brick between concrete apartment towers, and Nighthawks used the aerial tram overhead for its 1981 hostage climax.Main Street, Chapel of the Good Shepherd, Blackwell House
Royal DocksFilming in Royal Docks, London. Three enclosed docks and the derelict shell of Millennium Mills sit beside an airport runway built on the water between them. The Batman and a Spider-Man sequel have both used the mill's gutted concrete interior.Millennium Mills, D Silo, Royal Victoria Dock
Salford QuaysFilming in Salford Quays, Salford. Glass towers and two sculptural cultural buildings ring the old dock basins, with Imperial War Museum North playing a fictional research lab in the BBC drama Paradox.The Lowry, Imperial War Museum North, Salford Quays lift bridge
ScheveningenFilming in Scheveningen, The Hague. A dune boulevard with a domed grand hotel and a pier over the sea, and the Kurhaus terrace VI Oranje broadcast from during the World Cup.Scheveningen Pier, Grand Hotel Amrath Kurhaus, Badhuiskade
Sea PointFilming in Sea Point, Cape Town. A three kilometre paved promenade separates Beach Road's Art Deco and mid century apartment blocks from a rocky Atlantic shore, with a tidal pool at Saunders' Rock.Beach Road, Graaff's Pool, Sea Point Pavilion
Seaport DistrictFilming in Seaport District, Boston. Glass office towers and hotels on filled land, and the convention center 21 used as an underground casino.Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Institute of Contemporary Art, John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse
ShibuyaFilming in Shibuya, Tokyo. A scramble crossing under wrapped video screens, with department stores, rail viaducts and narrow bar lanes climbing the slopes behind it.Shibuya Scramble Crossing, Q-Front, Nonbei Yokocho
SilomFilming in Silom, Bangkok. Glass office towers and bank headquarters line a wide road, from a Hindu temple at one end to lebua at State Tower at the other.Dusit Central Park, King Power Mahanakhon, Sri Maha Mariamman Temple
South of MarketFilming in South of Market, San Francisco. Wide streets of brick warehouses and concrete lofts, and the Hall of Justice that Dirty Harry filmed as the real SFPD headquarters.Sixth Street, Third Street, South Park
South QuayFilming in South Quay, London. Office and residential towers stand on both banks of a dock, crossed by a steel footbridge on a single leaning mast.South Quay footbridge, South Quay DLR station, South Quay Plaza
StratfordFilming in Stratford, London. Olympic venues and a red steel observation tower sit inside Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with a covered shopping mall close by. Batman Begins used the interior of a Victorian pumping station on the park's edge as Arkham Asylum.Theatre Royal Stratford East, Old Town Hall, Stratford Centre
TapiolaFilming in Tapiola, Helsinki. White towers stand above pine trees beside a central pool, with low rows of houses between them.Central Tower, Central pool, Tapiola church
TenderloinFilming in the Tenderloin, San Francisco. Six and eight storey brick hotels with painted iron fire escapes, and the Riviera Hotel that Ant-Man used as the Milgrom Hotel.The Alise, Cadillac Hotel, Alcazar Theatre
TetuánFilming in Tetuán, Madrid. Brick apartment blocks and small houses meet the glass office towers of the Castellana, on streets Pedro Almodóvar returned to across his career.Mercado de Maravillas, Calle de Bravo Murillo, Plaza de Pablo Ruiz Picasso
ThamesmeadFilming in Thamesmead, London. Concrete tower blocks and raised walkways ring an artificial lake, built as a planned town from the late 1960s.Southmere Lake, Yarnton Way, Harrow Manorway
The CedarsFilming in The Cedars, Dallas. Brick warehouses and rail-adjacent lots south of downtown, and the Longhorn Ballroom where Aerosmith filmed What It Takes.South Side on Lamar, South Side Ballroom, Longhorn Ballroom
The LoopFilming in the Loop, Chicago. Stone and steel towers rise on a tight grid under elevated tracks, and LaSalle Street is the canyon The Dark Knight closed for a truck flip.LaSalle Street, Chicago Board of Trade Building, Daley Plaza
The StripFilming on Las Vegas Boulevard. Resort towers set back behind long driveways, and the Bellagio fountains where Ocean's Eleven ends.Bellagio, Caesars Palace, The Venetian
Times SquareFilming in Times Square, Manhattan. Broadway between 42nd and 47th Streets is a plaza now, and Seventh Avenue is still open to traffic through the middle of the square.Duffy Square, Seventh Avenue, I. Miller Building
Upper West SideFilming on the Upper West Side, Manhattan. Central Park West is mostly apartment houses from around 1930, and several of them have two towers on top.The San Remo, The Dakota, Verdi Square
Uptown DallasFilming in Uptown Dallas, Texas. A wide McKinney Avenue with a heritage streetcar running down the center lane, and the Crescent's parking garage that RoboCop used as OCP's future Detroit headquarters.West Village, the trolley car barn, Cedar Springs Road
Uptown HoustonFilming in Uptown Houston. Postmodern glass office towers rise over a shopping mall and a live oak lined boulevard, with the Galleria's ice rink a location for a 1981 CBS movie.The Galleria, Williams Tower, Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park
WaikikiFilming in Waikiki, Honolulu. Concrete hotel towers stand close behind a wide sand beach, with palms along Kalakaua Avenue and Diamond Head at the far end.Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Moana Surfrider, The Breakers
Warehouse DistrictFilming in the Warehouse District, Cleveland. Red brick and stone wholesale blocks from the 1850s to the 1880s, and the Beaux Arts corner nearby that The Avengers dressed as Manhattan.Rockefeller Building, Perry-Payne Building, Hoyt Block
West EndFilming in the West End, Vancouver. Concrete apartment towers built after the Second World War stand along streets that run down to the seawall, and Holly Lodge on Jervis Street has hosted scenes from three television series.Holly Lodge, Roedde House, Sylvia Hotel
WolaFilming in Wola, Warsaw's old industrial district. Nineteenth century brick factory halls and a working tram depot stand beneath new glass office towers, and an old clinic building played a prison for the TVN series Skazana.Norblin Factory, the gasworks, the tram depot
WoolloomoolooFilming in Woolloomooloo, Sydney. A long timber wharf reaches into the bay below sandstone stairs climbing to Potts Point. Harry's Cafe de Wheels still serves pies from the corner where The Amazing Race once filmed a challenge.Finger Wharf, McElhone Stairs, Harry's Cafe de Wheels
YaletownFilming in Yaletown, Vancouver. Brick warehouses on the old rail platform line Hamilton and Mainland Streets, their loading canopies still cantilevered over the sidewalk.Mainland Street, The Yaletown Building, 1152 Mainland Street, Cactus Club Cafe
YeouidoFilming in Yeouido, Seoul. Glass bank towers and a domed government building share one island in the Han River.National Assembly Building, 63 Building, KBS building
YorkvilleFilming in Yorkville, Toronto. Small Victorian houses converted into shops sit right behind the city's downtown towers.Village of Yorkville Park, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, 100 Yorkville Avenue