Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

dir. Robert Benton

Ted Kramer's (Dustin Hoffman) office building – 1370 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York. It's a 34-story office tower with panoramic views of Central Park. The building façade underwent an extensive renovation in 2002.

Kramer's apartment – 176 E 77th Street, New York, New York.

Billy Kramer's (Justin Henry) school – E 82nd Street at Madison Avenue, New York, New York.

Ted picking up Billy – 47 E 64th Street.

Billy learns to ride a bicycle – The Mall, Central Park, New York, New York.

Joanna Kramer (Meryl Streep) watching Billy from a café across the street from his school – 1090 Madison Avenue, New York, New York.

Ted and Margaret (Jane Alexander) watching Billy on the playground – James Michael Levin Playground, Central Park, New York, New York. The playground’s layout has since changed but it’s located right next to the E 76 Street entrance to Central Park. After Billy is injured, Ted rushes into E 76 Street to take his son to the hospital.

Ted takes Billy to the emergency room – Lenox Hill Hospital, E 76th Street at Park Avenue, New York, New York.

Ted looking for a job – 551 5th Avenue, New York, New York. The 38-story skyscraper with a beautiful art deco façade was built in 1927, contributing to the international reputation of Fifth Avenue. It bears the name of the real estate developer Frederick F. French.

Joanna picking up Billy – The Mall, Central Park, New York, New York.

The court – 60 Centre Street, New York, New York.

Ted runs into Margaret who asks him about the progress in his custody case – 65 E 89th Street, New York, New York. They're walking past the St. Thomas More's Church.

Ted tells Billy he's going to live with his mother – the wooden walkway behind the Naumburg Bandshell, Central Park, New York, New York.

4 comments:

  1. I love film locations too - your site is very thorough, more so than most! Not that you care, but I'm impressed. 😄

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  2. The building he lived in the movie they used a real apartment in it for the movie. 176 East 77th street they used a D line you can look up the floor plans and compare to the movie.

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  3. Thank you for making this! I am watching Kramer versus Kramer right now, this addendum is very romantic in a way. It dignifies the stirringness in the wonderful movie with location! thank you!

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