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Beastie Boys - Portland Rose Garden
Highly relevant music poster from the original Printed Originals collection.
In stockView poster ↗︎← Beastie Boys5 story stops / Suggested order
Check your head, then check the map
Follow the Beastie Boys through the workroom energy of G-Son and the public city turned into a playground.
Read in this order, then plan travel between the public locations. Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops. This is a story sequence, not a timed walking itinerary.
Place and area markers · not exact camera positions
Check the operator’s current programme and booking requirements. No unannounced access to the studio.
Open in maps ↗︎- 01Chapter one · Enter the worldRecording history · Check Your Head and Ill Communication
Follow the Beastie Boys through the workroom energy of G-Son and the public city turned into a playground.
G-Son Studios
Where It Was · OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL map data · Location map G-Son was the band’s Atwater Village recording base for these albums. The building’s current programme is separate from the studio as it existed during those sessions.
Check the operator’s current programme and booking requirements. No unannounced access to the studio.
- 02Music video · Sabotage
Sixth Street Viaduct — original bridge site
Spaghettifier · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph The original Sixth Street Viaduct is documented among the video’s locations. It was demolished in 2016; the new bridge occupies the crossing rather than preserving the screen structure.
The original bridge was demolished in 2016; the current bridge is its replacement. Use marked pedestrian routes only.
- 03Chapter two · Go deeperFAN-WORLD LOCATION
Atwater tape experiments, downtown concrete and the deliberately scruffy Los Angeles of the band’s videos.
Capitol Records Building
Downtowngal · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Capitol Records Building extends this World beyond its best-known doorway, connecting the work to the Los Angeles fans recognise in its scenes, songs or production life.
Working offices and studios. Exterior viewing from public pavement; on-screen destruction is visual effects.
- 04FAN-WORLD LOCATION
Los Angeles City Hall
Michael J Fromholtz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Los Angeles City Hall extends this World beyond its best-known doorway, connecting the work to the Los Angeles fans recognise in its scenes, songs or production life.
Civic building; check visitor entry rules and opening hours. Public street views do not require entry.
- 05Chapter three · The afterimageFAN-WORLD LOCATION
End with the place that reveals how this World survives beyond its original frame.
Griffith Observatory
Matthew Field · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Griffith Observatory extends this World beyond its best-known doorway, connecting the work to the Los Angeles fans recognise in its scenes, songs or production life.
Public grounds and observatory; check official opening hours and planetarium tickets.
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