The credited work
Ridley Scott directed Blade Runner (1982).
Director · Cultural figure
Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott directed Blade Runner (1982). Explore the film through its documented locations in the existing collection.
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Follow the film into the city
The places below belong to the film’s location record. They are connected here through the credited work; they are not a claim that Ridley Scott personally filmed at every site.
THE PLACES BEHIND THE STORY
A life on the map.
Explore 5 connections. Each connection links to its evidence; outlined circles mark approximate areas, not exact buildings or camera positions.
Bradbury Building
The Bradbury’s atrium and ironwork form the interior world of Sebastian’s building. The location’s nineteenth-century structure becomes part of a future city through light and atmosphere.
Bradbury Building — location account ↗︎
Visitor access is restricted to permitted public areas. Upper floors are working spaces, not an open film set.
Open street map ↗︎Union Station
The Ticket Concourse housed the police-office sets. The station survives; the constructed offices do not. Look at the scale of the room rather than expecting to find Deckard’s workplace intact.
Bradbury Building — location account ↗︎
Stay within public station areas and keep passenger routes clear. Some historic rooms are not freely accessible.
Open street map ↗︎Million Dollar Theater
The Million Dollar Theater appears in the street geography around the Bradbury. It lets you read a small piece of the film’s future through two neighbouring historic buildings.
Bradbury Building — location account ↗︎
View the façade from Broadway. Interior access is event-dependent.
Open street map ↗︎Second Street Tunnel
The glazed tiles turn a real traffic tunnel into a luminous passage through the film’s future city.
Bradbury Building — location account ↗︎
This is active road infrastructure. Do not stop in traffic or enter the carriageway to recreate a shot.
Open street map ↗︎Warner Bros. Studios
The backlot supplied constructed streets for the futuristic city, alongside real Los Angeles buildings.
Bradbury Building — location account ↗︎
Check the official studio tour for current access. A ticket does not guarantee entry to a particular stage or a surviving Blade Runner set.
Open street map ↗︎IN THE STORY1982