city: chicago
old post office building
from batman begins & batman: the dark knight posted in movies by fuzzydisco
In Batman Begins, the north-east corner of the old post office building was used as a facade for the Gotham police station.
In The Dark Knight, the north-west corner was used as the facade of the Gotham city bank which gets robbed in the opening sequence.
gibsons bar & steakhouse
from the league posted in television by crabapple
This is where Ruxin, Pete, Andre, Kevin, Jenny, and Taco meet to destroy each others self-confidence and talk football. Although there are three locations of Gibson's, they use the downtown one for exterior shots (you can see the cross street is Bellevue).
Admittedly, the cast said in an Onion AV Club interview that this is all stock footage to make it feel like Chicago.
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from philip k. dick posted in literature by nevereatshreddedwheat
Philip K. Dick and his fraternal twin sister Jane were born six weeks prematurely in this Chicago apartment on December 16, 1928. Jane would die not long after in January of the next year.
biograph theater
from public enemies posted in movies by ratsnamgod
Place of death of John Dillinger. Filmed on location. Also can be seen in the extended scenes of High Fidelity.
the bean
from source code posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
There it is at the end and I think it also shows up in his flashbacks or whatever those were. I lured you here with shiny things for this review: the movie was just ok.
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