I will only be listing locations we haven’t seen before.
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1. Street scene, outside Morgan’s apartment – New York St., Warner Bros. Studios backlot, Burbank, CA
The building used for Morgan's apartment is on the left. It's been painted brown in the past year, but is still recognizable from the shape and placement of the windows.
Below is a photo of how it looks in the WB website.
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2. Restaurant – Embassy Courtyard, Warner Bros. Studios backlot, Burbank, CA
The Embassy Courtyard was also used for Sancerre Restaurant in Click.
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3. BuzzWire exterior – New Wave Entertainment, 2660 W. Olive Avenue , Burbank, CA 91501
Believe it or not, this establishing shot is the first time we see BuzzWire’s exterior. The adjacent ground-level parking lot we see here is at odds with the parking garage we saw at the end of "Arrested Development."
(Thanks to Alle for this shot, which was taken at a better angle than mine.)
It’s interesting to note that the modernistic glass exterior is just a façade, set a couple of feet in front of the actual painted brick exterior walls of the building.
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4. Plaza – LA Central Library/Maguire Gardens – 630 W. 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Mick and Morgan entered the park from the west corner off of S. Flower Street and walked past the Peace Bell...
There no newsstand in Maguire Gardens – that was brought in for the shoot.
The steps:
The tree where Morgan photographed Tina and Owen Haggans:
Sidewalk view along S. Flower St. looking towards W. 5th:
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5. Haggans’ office – So. California Edison Building, “One Bunker Hill,” 601 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA
The historic Southern California Edison headquarters building opened in 1931 and was the first all-electric commercial building in the western United States. The gorgeous Art-Deco lobby is detailed with 17 varieties of marble, and it was this distinctive feature that helped me track it down as the location used for Haggans Industries.
The area used for the main entrance to Haggans' "upper level" executive office space is actually on the first floor just past the elevators. Right now the area is configured for banking, but unused. A sign indicates that the space is available for rent as a bank. For the shoot, they added the Haggans Industries sign and “etched” emblem on the doors.
The interior of the executive office area was filmed in a large office space off the lobby to the right of the reception desk. This area was locked so I was unable to get the angle used on the show. Also, I had to take pictures through the glass door -- unfortunately, there's quite a bit of glare and reflection in these shots.
Elevator details:
When Owen and Tina exited the elevator, they actually headed away from the front entrance and towards the back of the elevator lobby.
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6. Biltmore Hotel – Millennium Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90071 -- Website: Link
Although the hotel’s address is listed as South Grand Avenue, this shot is taken from the Pershing Square/Olive St. side of the building. The entrance here opens into the grand Rendezvous Court, which served as the original lobby for the hotel. Although not used in Moonlight, this space has been used in many television and film productions.
The view: (my shots were taken from the 9th floor)
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7. Owen Haggans’ house -
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8. Street outside Haggans Building— Hope Place (outside US Bank Tower), Los Angeles, CA
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The downtown locations used in this episode are all in close proximity to one another – just a few blocks apart. It’s an easy walk and well worth it, if you’re in the vicinity.
Here’s a Bing Maps aerial view of the area:
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Information will be updated and pictures added as they become available.
) - and the library building itself it lovely, especially the roof (or that may be the building behind).
That's actually one of the things that has helped me track down some of the less obvious locations. Just by doing a little research and looking around the vicinity of other locations in an episode, I've been able to find some of the "mystery" places.
so so much for all the work you do putting them together and sharing them with all of us.
