The Watergate lookout - the former Howard Johnson Motor Lodge, now the George Washington University residence hall, 2601 Virginia Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
The Watergate break-in - The Watergate Hotel, 2650 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington DC. The Democratic party offices were located on the sixth floor.
The Washington Post didn't allow filming in its newsroom, so it was meticulously recreated at Burbank Studios in California. However, years later, the Post did allow cameras in its offices for the romantic fantasy Chances Are. The screenwriters for that film were childhood friends of Ben Bradlee's daughter.
Bernstein interviews a girl who worked for Colson at the terrace of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC.
Woodward and Bernstein go to check the library records for clues in their investigation - Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, 10 First Street SE, Washington, DC. The filmmakers reportedly paid a lump sum for the permission to film inside the Reading Room.
Woodward calls Deep Throat from a phone booth outside of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 17th Street and New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Woodward signals Deep Throat with a red flag on his apartment balcony - 1718 P Street, NW, Washington, DC. The real Bob Woodward lived in this house in Apartment 617 while the corresponding scenes from the movie were filmed in Apartment 519.
Woodward takes precautions on the way to meet Deep Throat - he changes cabs in front of the Opera House, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC.
The exterior of the parking garage where Woodward meets Deep Throat - Commonwealth Tower, N Fort Myer Drive at 17th Street North, Arlington, Virginia. The garage has since been remodeled. The only recognizable part is the 17th Street bridge next to it. Many thanks to M. Manterola for the help.
Bernstein talks to his source at the Justice Department - Lafayette Park, Pennsylvania Avenue and Jackson Pl, NW, Washington, DC
Woodward and Bernstein drive to the Watergate Complex, 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington DC
Wisconsin Avenue at M Street, NW, Washington, DC
Woodward and Bernstein go to Sloan's house - Alicent Place, McLean, Virginia. Many thanks to M. Manterola for the help.
Bernstein talks to an FBI man - 15th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Bernstein interviews Segretti - It's Marina Del Rey, California, but it's hard to determine the exact location
Woodward crosses a parking lot. The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center now stands in its place - 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC.
The Washington Post building - 1150 15th Street, NW, Washington, DC. The Post relocated its offices to One Franklin Square, 1301 K Street NW, and the building was torn down in 2016.
Woodward and Bernstein exit the Justice Department building, 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
See also...
The Pelican Brief |
State of Play |
The actual garage is located in Rosslyn, VA. There is a small plaque / historical marker. The movie garage is in a parking structure in Burbank, CA
ReplyDeleteSloan house is in Alicent Pl. McLean VA. Garage exterior is in Rosslyn: Fort Myer and 17th St. Commonwealth Tower. It looks totally different now. It was remodeled in the 90s. The bridge structure is still the same, and can be recognized.
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Thank you very much. Do you know the exact address at Alicent Pl.?
DeleteI'd need to check the movie. I don't remember which house they entered, but the one in your picture with the kid and the bike outside is 7026. Wrt the parking garage you can see that all the proportion are still the same, they changed the exterior material and got rid of the stairs.
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Thanks again. I don't have the movie at hand, but I'll check it later.
DeleteThe shot labeled "Bernstein talks to an FBI man in front of the White House" isn't actually in front of the WH. Anyone know where it is?
ReplyDeleteOn the WH grounds- south plaza of the Treasury Department is behind them, statue of Albert Gallatin visible, facing down Pennsylvania Ave.
Delete15th Street at Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
DeleteI believe Woodward makes the phone call on 17th Street and New York Avenue, with the camera pointing north. You can see the red New Executive Office Building in the far distance when he's crossing the street.
ReplyDeleteYes, I think you're right. Thank you for pointing that out.
DeleteRegarding the photo of the pay phone where Redford spoke with Deep Throat, I have a crumb of trivia to impart:
DeleteAt approximately 6-7p on a weekday evening in 1975, a fellow recent American University graduate and I had just "spun the Capitol" (as we used to call it, driving from upper Connecticut Ave. to the U.S. Capitol), and as we passed in front of the White House on our way back up Pennsylvania Avenue, my buddy spotted Robert Redford ahead on the left, tossing a football around on the sidewalk in front of the Old Executive Office Building. I promptly made a sharp r.h. turn with my beige 1966 VW Squareback, sliding into the last legal parking spot on the end of that street (name?) which connected directly onto Penn. Ave. We hopped out, crossed Pennsylvania Ave. and stood among a small group of gawkers, watching Redford throw the ball around for a while until it was time for him to do about a dozen takes crossing Pennsylvania Ave., with each take ending with Redford turning into a stage prop pay phone booth that had been planted on the sidewalk at the end of the crosswalk. Each take looked identical to us...but regardless, HERE is what's historically significant about that moment in time: If you look closely at the left rear window of the beige Squareback (seen over Redford's left shoulder in the photo as he crosses the street) which is parked in front of a yellow, black-topped convertible Karmann Ghia, you'll see a small, white rectangular sticker. Woodward's phone conversation with Deep Throat occurred in 1973 (I believe). That small white "PUCK POWER" Washington Capitals sticker on the left rear window of my VW Squareback DATES the movie because the Capitals didn't exist until AFTER the Watergate affair was over and Nixon had resigned.
P.S. Don't blame me, I told you it was a crumb.
I was there in 1975 when Redford did about 15 takes of walking across Pennsylvania Avenue to then enter a stage prop phone booth, planted on the sidewalk between the White House and the Executive Office Building. In your photo of Redford walking on the crosswalk, you can see my beige '66 VW Squareback parked in the background. Note the white rectangular sticker on the car's left rear window. That's a "PUCK POWER" sticker promoting the new Washington Capitals NHL team that played their first game in October, 1974 - at least a year AFTER Woodward had his conversation with Deep Throat (from that phone booth...). So if the FBI or CIA were to have zoomed in/enlarged that sticker on my VW, it would have upset the timeline of "All The President's Men" and who knows, created an editing crisis that might have delayed the official release of the movie by maybe a day or so?
DeleteI kid. But it's a fun memory of something that happened due to sheer happenstance, to be there for the filming of that moment in the movie and then actually see my old VW show up on the big screen. And I now have a photo to show friends and family how it all came about.
It's a nice story. Thank you for sharing.
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