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LA LA LAND · 2016

THE BLIND
DONKEY.

The interior of the jazz club Sebastian finally builds.

SEB’S · INTERIOR149 LINDEN AVE · LONG BEACH
The brick Broadlind Hotel building at Linden and Broadway.

The building containing the Blind Donkey. Its basement supplied Seb’s interior; this is not the film’s club exterior.

Photography & credits

Broadlind Hotel.jpg by Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and converted to WebP. Display crops vary with screen size. The photograph retains the linked licence.

THE SCENE

THE PLACE
INSIDE THE
STORY.

Five years later Mia enters Seb’s with her husband and Sebastian sees her from the piano. The interior is The Blind Donkey in Long Beach; the club exterior is a separate Hollywood storefront.

SEB’S · INTERIOR · 149 LINDEN AVE · LONG BEACH
SCREEN → NOW

FIND THE
FRAME.

Use the location image and visual landmarks below to explore how the scene occupies the real place.

VISUAL LANDMARKS

A matched screen-to-location comparison is not available yet. Look for these features in the location view and scene notes.

  • BAR
  • PIANO
  • BRICK
  • AUDIENCE LINE
GO THERE

KNOW
BEFORE YOU
GO.

The Blind Donkey is the interior half of Seb’s. The club’s exterior is a separate location on Santa Monica Boulevard. Interior visits and photography depend on the venue.

VISIT NOTES
LOCATION
149 LINDEN AVE · LONG BEACH
SCENE
SEB’S · INTERIOR
PHOTO
Present-day location photograph
ALIGN
BAR · PIANO · BRICK · AUDIENCE LINE
EXPLORE FROM PUBLIC SPACE
ONE CLUB · TWO CITIES

SEE THE
OUTSIDE.

Seb's exterior is a separate storefront on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood.

GO TO THE EXTERIOR →
FOLLOW HIS ARC

SEBASTIAN'S
L.A.

Trace the real places behind Sebastian's piano jobs, dream club and eventual success.

FOLLOW SEBASTIAN'S L.A. →
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