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A world beyond the screen
Follow Zodiac through 5 real places in San Francisco. Fincher reconstructs the newspaper city and the long institutional afterlife of an unsolved case.
Follow the streets, stages and rooms connected to Zodiac. Each stop explains what happened there, what remains today and how the place fits the wider cultural story.
01 / The map
Find your way in.
5 public-place or area references. Private properties and unlocated historic sites stay off the map.
Place and area markers · not exact camera positions
Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.
Transamerica Pyramid provides Financial District orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Zodiac scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
Before you go
Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.
Union Square provides Downtown orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Zodiac scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
Before you go
Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.
City Lights Booksellers provides North Beach orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Zodiac scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
Before you go
Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.
Golden Gate Bridge provides Presidio orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Zodiac scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
Before you go
Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.
The Fillmore provides Fillmore District orientation for this city guide. The current citation does not establish a specific Zodiac scene, recording, performance or biographical event at this address, so it is not counted as a documented World location.
Before you go
Use public access only; check current opening hours, ticketing and photography rules. Respect homes, worship, memorial and working-business settings.
A geographically relevant base near the Fillmore and the western music routes. Its neighbourhood overlaps the geography mapped in Zodiac.
Check live dates, room terms and distance before booking.View hotel ↗︎
A stay is identified as an actual screen, music or cultural location only where the card says so. Always check the route to the places you want to visit, current room terms and accessibility before booking.
Experience it
Step beyond the map.
Bookable activities anchored to this World’s actual places, with live itineraries left to the operator.
Marketplace results are not described as official or title-specific tours unless the operator explicitly says so. Confirm the itinerary, meeting point and access before booking.
What’s happening
A reason to stay longer.
Exact title and mapped-place matches come first. A clearly labelled city film or music programme may follow when it helps extend the journey.
A current official film and screen programme for visitors extending Zodiac into the wider San Francisco cultural calendar. It is not presented as a title-specific event.
Official programme · confirm the current title, date and admissionView programme ↗︎
A shared venue or neighbourhood connects a programme to the map; a city-level programme connects only to the World’s medium. Neither implies a themed event, cast appearance or artist performance. Confirm dates, location, access and tickets with the organiser.
Explore exact-title collectibles and verify seller, provenance and condition.
Live marketplace search · listings, condition and prices changeView memorabilia ↗︎
Product results, prices and stock can change. Check format, edition, seller, shipping and returns with the retailer. “Ad / affiliate” links pay Where It Was a commission when a qualifying purchase is made, at no extra cost to you.
The source notes
Filming locations, live venues, recording history, and lyrical geography are labelled separately. Location photographs are not production stills or exact screen matches.
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