Bat Locations and Google Maps Streetview

[Scott Sebring]

Ben and I have done this sort of thing in the past during Skype discussions about Bat Locations. We'll jump over to Google Maps and Streetview the area. Usually, WB doesn't have many accessible parts to their backlot via Streetview but I stumbled upon this today and wanted to share. I'll share more links if I come across them and hope to see some of you share them as well. It's fun to get and idea of the locations in 360 access.

I'll start with this one:
Gotham Police Headquarters. You can even go up the steps.

The window where Blaze jumps out of Commissioner Gordon's Office in "True or False Face." Is right next door as many other fun locations.

You're mainly standing in the street where they did the giant cookbook in the Bookworm episode as well for example.

[Dan E Kool]

How great is this? Thanks, Scott!

Although, knowing that there's nothing across from Headquarters and that Blaze teleported to a different window makes me sad, somehow.

I'll be ok...

[Boy Wonder]

VERY COOL!

[Therin of Andor]

I'll start with this one:
Gotham Police Headquarters. You can even go up the steps.

The current gold trim is courtesy of the redress the facade received for the movie "Hail, Caesar!"

[Scott Sebring]

The current gold trim is courtesy of the redress the facade received for the movie "Hail, Caesar!"

You are correct sir!

[Batman65]

It is really cool seeing the buildings like this. Thanks for posting this Scott.

[allknighters]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[Ben Bentley]

Ben and I have done this sort of thing in the past during Skype discussions about Bat Locations. We'll jump over to Google Maps and Streetview the area...

So cool that parts of the WB Backlot are now on Google Street view!

I'm having flashbacks to the hours we wasted combing Century City on street view... haha

But heck, I still love the Bat-Location stuff!

Here's another one to throw into the mix:

The Colonial home style building at the front of the Desilu Studios lot (now known as "The Culver Studios") is street facing. The lawn/steps area of the building were utilized in both S1's "Death in Slow Motion" and S3's "The Funny Feline Felonies"

Unfortunately unlike most of the surrounding area, that specific stretch of Culver Bl hasn't been updated on Google Streetview since Aug 2007.

On a lateral note, it still breaks my heart that the 40 Acres Backlot is no more.

[rickrickrick]

Very cool. Thanks for sharing, Scott!

RRR

[bat-rss]

The house is also seen in "The Cat and the Fiddle"!

[Chuck Williams]

Holy FanDamnTastic!!!

I love the work you and Ben have been doing in regards to locations and shooting schedule timelines!!!!
It's what brings the production into focus to me.
I feel the pressure of the deadlines and the excitement of moving a shooting company to a location.

This Google map of Headquarters gave me such a flashback of being there with the gang...
To stand in the same place as the production and get a feel for the place is a little overwhelming.

Thanks so much for sharing this!!!

[Scott Sebring]

Holy FanDamnTastic!!!

I love the work you and Ben have been doing in regards to locations and shooting schedule timelines!!!!
It's what brings the production into focus to me.
I feel the pressure of the deadlines and the excitement of moving a shooting company to a location.

This Google map of Headquarters gave me such a flashback of being there with the gang...
To stand in the same place as the production and get a feel for the place is a little overwhelming.

Thanks so much for sharing this!!!

Wow! This thread got resurrected from 2017!!?
Some of the old links above no longer work. But while checking them, I remembered a deep cut shot that I was happy to find with Ben during lock down. This fun scene from "While Gotham Burns."

Technically, this facade served as the embassy entrance from "Instant Freeze" but in the past 50 odd years, it got refaced and a throughway car access became blocked off (that False Face used in the beginning of "True or False Face."

The street in front of "The Embassy" is where they shot the giant cookbook scene.

FYI- Lydia and Bookworm are on top of Commissioner Gordon's Police Headquarters facade for this shot.
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They shot this nighttime scene behind the fence of the embassy. Clever use of "point the camera this way" for a completely different scene location.
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[Scott Sebring]

The house is also seen in "The Cat and the Fiddle"!

Yup!
Here's a view of the back of that same Colonial home/mansion as seen here from "The Bird's Last Jest". The pool has been long gone.

[Ben Bentley]

Holy Happy-Place! Not mad at all to see this thread come back to life.

[bat-rss]

Just for the sake of being completist, here it is as Minerva Matthews' house....

It's funny how seeing it at a different angle makes it feel like a different location from its other appearances!