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Lady Bird
Greta Gerwig is from Sacramento, and Visit Sacramento says she set a pivotal talk on its gold lift bridge. Raise the bridge to let the film’s places through.
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Tower Bridge
Raise the span
Its lift span is 209 ft long between towers 160 ft tall, with 100 ft of clearance above high water when the span is raised. Seven boats wait on the river, one for each place. Raise the deck to the full clearance and let one through.
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0 lifts · 0 of 7 boats through
The span is down. Raise it to full clearance to let a boat through.
Nothing has passed yet. The river is quiet.
On screen
What each place does in the film
Visit Sacramento does not treat the places alike. Some are a sign or a shopfront, some are where a scene is set, and one is only listed.
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Seen on screen as a building or a sign. 3 places.
The Crest Theatre on K Street, Sacramento, May 2013. Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Crest Theatre
Visit Sacramento says the Crest gets some screen time in the film.
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William Land Park, a south Sacramento park, March 2016. Not Gunther’s itself; a nearby view of the same part of town. Tony Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0 Gunther’s Ice Cream
Visit Sacramento calls the happy ice cream man sign on top of the shop at 2801 Franklin Boulevard a favourite of locals and visitors, and notes the film has no shortage of neon signs.
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Saint Joseph Catholic Church, North Sacramento, March 2020, about 230 metres from the Thrift Town site. A nearby view, not a film location. Always dreamin · CC BY-SA 4.0 Thrift Town
Visit Sacramento says the film includes Thrift Town, that many Sacramentans who grew up in the 1990s remember it, and that it is still open.
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The far bank
Cross over
Tower Bridge, the Crest, the Capitol, McKinley Park, Gunther’s and Thrift Town can be visited. The Fabulous Forties is a residential area and is not pinned; walk its public streets and leave the houses alone.
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Where it is now
6 places you can visit in Sacramento, plus one neighbourhood that is not pinned.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Site reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working road bridge over the Sacramento River. Look at it from the Sacramento bank.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working venue on K Street. Check the programme for screenings and events.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Capitol Park is open to walk. Visit Sacramento says entry is free and tours run on the hour.
Tower Bridge, the vertical-lift bridge between Sacramento and West Sacramento, October 2023. YosemiteYamper · CC BY-SA 4.0 Downtown and the river · Tower Bridge, over the Sacramento River between Sacramento and West Sacramento
Tower Bridge
Visit Sacramento says Greta Gerwig used Tower Bridge as the setting for a pivotal conversation between Lady Bird and her close friend.
A working road bridge over the Sacramento River. Look at it from the Sacramento bank.
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The Crest Theatre on K Street, Sacramento, May 2013. Visitor7 · CC BY-SA 3.0 Downtown and the river · 1013 K Street, downtown Sacramento
Crest Theatre
Visit Sacramento says the Crest gets some screen time in the film.
A working venue on K Street. Check the programme for screenings and events.
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The California State Capitol seen from 10th Street, March 2014. Andre m · CC BY-SA 3.0 Downtown and the river · 10th Street and Capitol Mall, Sacramento
California State Capitol
Visit Sacramento lists the Capitol among the film’s prominent locations but does not say which scene is set there.
Capitol Park is open to walk. Visit Sacramento says entry is free and tours run on the hour.
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Stay
A room by the Capitol.
A downtown hotel whose own page promises views of the Capitol.
The Citizen Hotel, Autograph Collection
The Citizen Hotel
J Street, downtown Sacramento
A 1925 downtown hotel at 926 J Street whose own page promises views of the Capitol and downtown. Pictured: the Capitol from 10th Street, 2014.
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Cross the river.
The Capitol, the Crest and a city tour search.
Visit Sacramento
California State Capitol tours
Capitol Mall, Sacramento
Visit Sacramento’s film post says entry to the Capitol is free and free tours run on the hour. Check the day’s times. Pictured: the Capitol from 10th Street, 2014.
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The Crest Theatre on K Street
K Street, Sacramento
Visit Sacramento says the Crest hosts events such as the Sacramento French Film Festival. Check what is on before you go. Pictured: K Street, 2013.
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Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
7 of 7 places · 8 of 8 stories
Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge, over the Sacramento River between Sacramento and West Sacramento
The bridge conversation
Gerwig sets a pivotal talk between Lady Bird and her close friend at Tower Bridge.
The gold repaint
Residents vote for an all-gold bridge and it is repainted the next year.
Crest Theatre
1013 K Street, downtown Sacramento
Screen time
The Crest on K Street gets some screen time in the film.
California State Capitol
10th Street and Capitol Mall, Sacramento
A prominent location
The tourism post lists the Capitol among the film’s prominent locations.
McKinley Park Rose Garden
601 Alhambra Boulevard, East Sacramento
The rose garden scene
An important scene is set in the McKinley Park rose garden.
Gunther’s Ice Cream
2801 Franklin Boulevard, Sacramento
The neon ice cream man
Gunther’s rooftop neon sign is among the film’s neon signs.
The Fabulous Forties
The Fabulous Forties, East Sacramento
The friend’s side of town
The Forties stand for the home of Lady Bird’s wealthier friend and set several shots.
Thrift Town
410 El Camino Avenue, North Sacramento
The thrift store
The film includes Thrift Town, a store many 1990s Sacramento kids remember.