New York, filmed in Los AngelesAMC · 2007–2015 · 92 episodes
The dial reads 2008. The show sold 1960s Manhattan from Hollywood dining rooms; ride down and see both.
Slide one · the pitch
In the first season’s finale Don sells Kodak’s new projector with pictures of his own family, and calls it the Carousel. Here the tray holds 13 real places. Turn it.
1271 Avenue of the Americas
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce opens its new office on two floors of the Time Life Building. The Time-Life Building first opened its doors in 1959. In March 2015 AMC put a sculpture designed by Pentagram outside the building, just for the summer, before the final episodes.
An office tower: see it from Sixth Avenue at 50th Street.
Slide 1 of 13: The Time-Life Building, 1271 Avenue of the Americas.
Slide two · Sixth Avenue
1271 Avenue of the Americas
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce opens its new office on two floors of the Time Life Building. The Time-Life Building first opened its doors in 1959.
In March 2015 AMC put a sculpture designed by Pentagram outside the building, just for the summer, before the final episodes.
An office tower: see it from Sixth Avenue at 50th Street.
45 E 45th St
A Belle Jolie rep hits on Sal at the Roosevelt, and Don rents a room there after his divorce from Betty. In February 2025 the city said the hotel would stop serving as a migrant shelter within months.
Not open as a hotel: see the front from East 45th Street.
Slide three · lunch
Four midtown rooms from the show that still pour. All four are a walk apart.
I · Oysters
Lower level, Grand Central Terminal
Don gets Roger drunk before a business meeting at the Oyster Bar, in the basement of Grand Central Terminal.
A working restaurant under the station concourse: walk down from the main hall.
II · The Twist
915 Third Ave, at 55th St
In the eighth episode of the first season, the Sterling Cooper staff gather at P.J. Clarke’s on Third Avenue to celebrate Peggy’s first copywriting success. The Irish Echo calls it a regular hangout for the people at Sterling Cooper. It was the model for Nat’s bar in the 1945 film The Lost Weekend.
A working bar on the corner of 55th Street.
III · A pilot sold
234 W 44th St
Don Draper and Bobbie Barrett celebrate the sale of a television pilot at Sardi’s. On screen, Sardi’s was Musso & Frank in Hollywood, in season two’s “The New Girl”.
A working restaurant in the theatre district.
IV · Tea in the Palm Court
768 Fifth Ave
Megan and Harry have lunch in the Palm Court in the final season, and Joan suggests the Oak Room for a date. The Plaza serves afternoon tea in the Palm Court.
A working hotel: afternoon tea is served in the Palm Court.
768 Fifth Ave, New York
The Fifth Avenue hotel whose Palm Court is in the final season; afternoon tea is still served there.
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Compare toursSlide four · the drop
Apart from the pilot, the show was filmed in Los Angeles. Drop through the floors and see what each New York room really was.
4 New York rooms above Los Angeles.
Slide five · Los Angeles
Musso & Frank and Canter’s are a drive apart in Hollywood and Fairfax; the theatre, Clifton’s and the Music Center are a walk apart downtown.
The deli that played itself
N Fairfax Ave
In season seven Pete tells Don that Canter’s serves the best Brooklyn-style pastrami sandwich.
A working deli on Fairfax Avenue.
Sardi’s, the oysters and Jim Downey’s
6667 Hollywood Blvd
In “Red in the Face” Don and Roger have drinks at Musso’s, and later return there to eat oysters. Musso & Frank stood in for Sardi’s in “The New Girl”, and for Jim Downey’s steak house in “The Rejected”. It opened in 1919 as Frank’s Francois Café and was renamed Musso and Frank Grill in 1923.
A working restaurant on Hollywood Boulevard.
The Broadhurst, on Broadway
615 S Broadway
In season one Don and Betty go to a show at the Los Angeles Theatre, standing in for New York’s Broadhurst Theatre, where Fiorello! is playing.
Opens for events and filming: see the front from Broadway, or walk the street with the Conservancy.
Slide six · home
The Drapers’ home was supposed to be in Ossining; the exterior in the first episode is a house in New Rochelle. Matthew Weiner set the house in Ossining because of the writer John Cheever. It is a family home, so it is named here and pinned nowhere.
Someone’s home in New Rochelle. It is named here, not pinned.
Slide seven · the people
Christina Hendricks
2008
January Jones
Peabody Awards · 2008
Matthew Weiner
Creator · 2011
The cast and their Peabody
June 2008
Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC
On 27 March 2015 Jon Hamm, cast members and Matthew Weiner gave the museum costumes, props, sketches and a script, including Draper’s grey suit and fedora. The museum said some objects, including the suit, would feature in an exhibit on American culture planned for 2018.
A Smithsonian museum on the National Mall. Objects rotate: check what is on view before you go.
Last slide · Big Sur
Matthew Weiner confirmed that the retreat in the last episode was meant to be the Esalen Institute; it was filmed in Anderson Canyon, also in Big Sur. The last episode, “Person to Person”, went out on 17 May 2015.
Matthew Weiner said he ended the show with a famous Coca-Cola commercial because it was, in his words, the greatest ad ever made.
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55000 Highway 1, Big Sur
The Big Sur retreat the last episode’s retreat was meant to be. Stays come with a workshop or a self-guided programme, by advance reservation only.
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Compare tours13 places you can visit, in Manhattan, Los Angeles, Washington and Big Sur. The Draper house is named on this page and pinned nowhere; the Roosevelt and the Los Angeles Theatre are seen from outside.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. An office tower: see it from Sixth Avenue at 50th Street.
General reference · Restricted access · Coordinate precision: site · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. Not open as a hotel: see the front from East 45th Street.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working restaurant under the station concourse: walk down from the main hall.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working bar on the corner of 55th Street.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working restaurant in the theatre district.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel: afternoon tea is served in the Palm Court.
1271 Avenue of the Americas
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce opens its new office on two floors of the Time Life Building.
An office tower: see it from Sixth Avenue at 50th Street.
45 E 45th St
A Belle Jolie rep hits on Sal at the Roosevelt, and Don rents a room there after his divorce from Betty.
Not open as a hotel: see the front from East 45th Street.
Lower level, Grand Central Terminal
Don gets Roger drunk before a business meeting at the Oyster Bar, in the basement of Grand Central Terminal.
A working restaurant under the station concourse: walk down from the main hall.
915 Third Ave, at 55th St
In the eighth episode of the first season, the Sterling Cooper staff gather at P.J. Clarke’s on Third Avenue to celebrate Peggy’s first copywriting success.
A working bar on the corner of 55th Street.
234 W 44th St
Don Draper and Bobbie Barrett celebrate the sale of a television pilot at Sardi’s.
A working restaurant in the theatre district.
768 Fifth Ave
Megan and Harry have lunch in the Palm Court in the final season, and Joan suggests the Oak Room for a date.
A working hotel: afternoon tea is served in the Palm Court.
Stay
The Plaza on Fifth Avenue, and Esalen on the Big Sur coast.
768 Fifth Ave, New York
The Fifth Avenue hotel whose Palm Court is in the final season; afternoon tea is still served there.
Check rooms55000 Highway 1, Big Sur
The Big Sur retreat the last episode’s retreat was meant to be. Stays come with a workshop or a self-guided programme, by advance reservation only.
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Take it home
A critical companion named for the pitch, the footnotes, the costume designer’s book, and the soundtrack albums.
Matt Zoller Seitz
The complete critical companion, episode by episode.
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Footnotes to the show and the era.
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Advice and inspiration from the show’s costume designer.
Find the bookBrett Martin
Behind the scenes of a creative revolution, from The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad.
Find the bookVarious Artists · CD, 2008
The first soundtrack album.
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The second soundtrack album.
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Find a copyVarious Artists · CD, 2015
A retrospective album of the show’s music.
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14 of 14 places · 15 of 15 Moments
1271 Avenue of the Americas
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce opens its office on two floors of the Time Life Building.
AMC puts a sculpture outside the building for the summer before the final episodes.
45 E 45th St
Don rents a room at the Roosevelt after his divorce from Betty.
Lower level, Grand Central Terminal
Don gets Roger drunk before a business meeting at the Oyster Bar.
915 Third Ave, at 55th St
Sterling Cooper’s staff celebrate Peggy’s copywriting success at P.J. Clarke’s.
234 W 44th St
Don and Bobbie Barrett celebrate the sale of a television pilot at Sardi’s.
768 Fifth Ave
Megan and Harry have lunch in the Palm Court.
6667 Hollywood Blvd
Musso & Frank stands in for Sardi’s, and for the oysters in “Red in the Face”.
615 S Broadway
Don and Betty go to Fiorello! at the Broadhurst, filmed at the Los Angeles Theatre.
648 S Broadway
Don and Sal dine with two flight attendants in Baltimore, filmed at Clifton’s.
N Fairfax Ave
Pete tells Don that Canter’s serves the best Brooklyn-style pastrami.
135 N Grand Ave
Don and Betty’s Rome rendezvous is filmed in front of the Mark Taper Forum; the Pavilion plays the Hilton.
Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC
Hamm, cast members and Weiner give the museum costumes, props, sketches and a script.
55000 Highway 1, Big Sur
The last episode’s retreat was meant to be Esalen; it was filmed in Anderson Canyon.
Ossining, on screen
The Drapers’ house is set in Ossining; the first exterior is in New Rochelle.
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