Maps of Movies

Lady Bird (2017)

Where Lady Bird says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A Sacramento story that was mostly shot in Los Angeles: the real Sacramento corners and the ones that stood in for them.

Scenes and places

The house across the tracks (2002)

Lady Bird chafes against her family's tight money and her mother Marion's verdict that her dreams are unrealistic. She wants out of Sacramento for a city with culture.

Set in Lady Bird's family home, Sacramento — The McPherson family home, on the wrong side of the tracks in the film's Sacramento.

A modest house; the film put it in Sacramento but it was shot in Los Angeles.

Filmed at Residential house, 6701 Orion Ave, Van Nuys, Los Angeles — A single film-location blog places the family house here; it is in the Los Angeles area, not Sacramento. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The thrift store dress hunt (2002)

Lady Bird browses the racks of a secondhand store for a dress, making do with what her family can afford.

Set in Thrift Town, Sacramento — A secondhand store on El Camino Avenue. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A big secondhand store in south Sacramento that still sells used clothes.

Filmed at Thrift Town, 410 El Camino Ave, Sacramento — Named as the thrift store where the dress-shopping scene was filmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The blue house she covets (2002)

Lady Bird points out the blue house she wishes were hers. It stands for the life she thinks money would give her.

Set in The Fabulous Forties blue house — A blue house in the leafy Fabulous Forties neighborhood. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A tree-lined Sacramento neighborhood of big period houses.

Filmed at 1224 44th St, Sacramento — Named by the sources as the blue house in the Fabulous Forties. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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A night in the rose garden (2002)

Lady Bird, newly together with Danny from the school theater program, spends a night with him among the roses.

Set in McKinley Park Rose Garden — The rose garden in McKinley Park. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Sacramento's McKinley Park has a public rose garden.

Filmed at McKinley Park Rose Garden, 3255 H St, Sacramento — Named by the sources as the rose garden used for the night date with Danny. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The birthday cigarettes (2002)

Turning eighteen, Lady Bird walks into a corner shop and buys cigarettes and a lottery ticket, the first things she can do as an adult.

Set in American Market and Deli, Sacramento — A corner market and deli on N Street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A small neighborhood market and deli in Sacramento's Midtown.

Filmed at American Market and Deli, 2331 N St, Sacramento — Named as the shop where she buys cigarettes and a lottery ticket on her 18th birthday. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Talking on Tower Bridge (2002)

The day after prom, Lady Bird and her friend sit on the bridge and talk it over. Their friendship, which had cooled, is back.

Set in Tower Bridge, Sacramento — The gold-topped vertical-lift bridge over the Sacramento River. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Tower Bridge links Sacramento and West Sacramento across the river.

Filmed at Tower Bridge, Sacramento — Named by two sources as the bridge where she talks with her friend the day after prom. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Filmed at Cafe, 1019 El Centro St, South Pasadena — Her job at a coffee shop Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at 330 S Windsor Blvd, Los Angeles — Kyle's house Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Fields Market, 23221 Saticoy St, Canoga Park — Her later job at a grocery Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Gunther's Ice Cream, 2801 Franklin Blvd, Sacramento — Sacramento montage: ice cream Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Club Raven, 3246 J St, Sacramento — Sacramento montage: club sign Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Lady Bird — A Sacramento high-school senior who calls herself Lady Bird and longs for a college on the East Coast.
• Marion — Lady Bird's mother, who thinks her daughter's dreams are unrealistic.
• Danny — A boy from the school theater program who becomes Lady Bird's boyfriend.
• Julie — Lady Bird's best friend.

Questions answered on the map

• Which Lady Bird scenes were really shot in Sacramento?
• Where do Lady Bird and her friend talk the day after prom?