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Follow Surface through San Francisco
Follow Surface through 20 real San Francisco locations recorded by an official city dataset or Wikidata.
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 Historical references and private properties are not visitor stops.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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- 01Opening frame · Enter the cityOFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Begin with the first documented Surface locations.
Taylor St btwn Green and Broadway
Noah_Loverbear · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Taylor St btwn Green and Broadway is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for The OA Part II.
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- 02OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Vallejo Street between Jones and Vallejo Street Crest
Masrur Odinaev · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cropped location photograph Vallejo Street between Jones and Vallejo Street Crest is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 03OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Market Street at 4th Street
David Wilson from Oak Park, Illinois, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Cropped location photograph Market Street at 4th Street is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 04OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Post Street between Montgomery and Kearny
Gregory Varnum · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph Post Street between Montgomery and Kearny is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 05OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Hyde St. between Leavenworth and Larkin
Joe Ross from Lansing, Michigan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph Hyde St. between Leavenworth and Larkin is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for A Man on The Inside.
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- 06OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Baker Beach
Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph Baker Beach is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 07OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Harrison Street at 1st Street
Dead.rabbit · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph Harrison Street at 1st Street is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 08Second act · Follow the productionOFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Move through the city as the production record widens.
Powell St at Geary St
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Powell St at Geary St is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Terminator - Genisys.
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- 09OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
2 New Montgomery Street, Palace Hotel
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map 2 New Montgomery Street, Palace Hotel is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 10OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Fort Point, Presidio
Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph Fort Point, Presidio is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Foul Play.
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- 11OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Bay Street between Larkin and Hyde
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Bay Street between Larkin and Hyde is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 12OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Merchant Road Trail at Presidio
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Merchant Road Trail at Presidio is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 13OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Fillmore between Haight and Waller
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Fillmore between Haight and Waller is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for GirlBoss.
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- 14OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Jackson Street between Stockton and Grant
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Jackson Street between Stockton and Grant is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 15Afterimage · What remainsOFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
End with the later locations and the present-day city around them.
Columbus Avenue between Vallejo and Broadway
bryan... · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Cropped location photograph Columbus Avenue between Vallejo and Broadway is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 16OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Jackson Street between Ross and Wentworh
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Jackson Street between Ross and Wentworh is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 17OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
California Street between Mason and Powell
Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped location photograph California Street between Mason and Powell is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 18OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Filbert between Leavenworth and Hyde
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Filbert between Leavenworth and Hyde is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for GirlBoss.
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- 19OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Leavenworth Street between Greenwich and Filbert
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Leavenworth Street between Greenwich and Filbert is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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- 20OFFICIAL FILMING RECORD
Clay Street between Mason and Powell
Where It Was / OpenStreetMap contributors · Map design © Where It Was; coordinate data © OpenStreetMap contributors / ODbL · Location map Clay Street between Mason and Powell is linked to Surface by the cited city or Wikidata production-location record. Official San Francisco Film Commission record for Surface.
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