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Follow Zodiac through 5 real places in San Francisco. Fincher reconstructs the newspaper city and the long institutional afterlife of an unsolved case.

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 Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops.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.

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Selected: Transamerica Pyramid
  1. 01
    Opening frame · Enter the World

    Fincher reconstructs the newspaper city and the long institutional afterlife of an unsolved case.

    CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

    Transamerica Pyramid

    Transamerica Pyramid in san francisco
    Vitaly gooner · CC0 · Cropped location photograph

    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.

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  2. 02
    CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

    Union Square

    Union Square in san francisco
    Pierre André · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph

    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.

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  3. 03
    Second act · The city turns

    Move from the defining image into the wider Zodiac geography.

    CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

    City Lights Booksellers

    City Lights Booksellers in san francisco
    Emily Mathews from Ann Arbor, MI · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    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.

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  4. 04
    CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

    Golden Gate Bridge

    Golden Gate Bridge in san francisco
    Rita Morais moraisr · CC0 · Cropped location photograph

    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.

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  5. 05
    Afterimage · What remains

    End at The Fillmore, where the World continues as place, memory and living culture.

    CITY CONTEXT / NOT A DOCUMENTED WORK SITE

    The Fillmore

    Openly licensed photograph near The Fillmore
    Justin Higuchi from Los Angeles, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph

    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.

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