Maps of Movies
You've Got Mail (1998)
Where You've Got Mail says it takes place, and where it was really shot.
Two rival booksellers write to each other every night, and the whole story fits inside a few blocks of the Upper West Side.
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Scenes and places
Shopgirl's apartment, where the emails begin (1998)
Kathleen prefers her laptop to her partner Frank's typewriter. Under the screen name Shopgirl she trades long, intimate emails with a stranger called NY152, and they have agreed to share no personal details.
Set in Kathleen Kelly's apartment — Kathleen's home, where she writes to NY152 on her laptop. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A Manhattan row-house block on the Upper West Side.
Filmed at 328 West 89th Street — The camera enters this building through the first-floor bow window at the start of the film. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The little bookshop under threat (1998)
Kathleen runs her mother's children's bookshop and brushes off her assistants' worry about a huge new chain store a few blocks away. When a man brings his young aunt and half-brother to storytime, they meet and clash.
Set in The Shop Around the Corner — Kathleen's independent children's bookstore, inherited from her mother. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A quiet side street near Columbus Avenue.
Filmed at 106 West 69th Street — The filming location used as the bookstore; the building is now a dry cleaner according to the French article. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The superstore that threatens it (1998)
Joe oversees the opening of his family's Fox Books superstore only blocks from Kathleen's shop. Kathleen's fight against it makes the papers and puts picketers outside his doors.
Set in Fox Books superstore — The chain's new store, set at Broadway and West 66th Street. Google Maps · Apple Maps
On screen it sits at Broadway and West 66th Street, where a Century 21 stands today; the French article says it was actually filmed at Seventh Avenue and West 17th Street, with no coordinates given.
Grocery shopping with an enemy (1998)
Rivals in daylight and confidants by email, Kathleen and Joe keep running into each other in the neighbourhood, here among the grocery shelves.
Set in Zabar's — The Upper West Side food store where the two leads shop. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A landmark delicatessen and food market on Broadway.
Filmed at Zabar's, 2245 Broadway — Zabar's itself; the film shows the two leads shopping here. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The café where they were meant to meet (1998)
Shopgirl and NY152 arrange to meet face to face. Joe spots Kathleen through the window, walks in anyway without saying who he is, and a sharp exchange ends with him leaving hurt.
Set in Cafe Lalo — The agreed meeting place for the two online correspondents. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A dessert café on the Upper West Side.
Filmed at Cafe Lalo, 201 West 83rd Street — The real café used as the meeting place. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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The garden where the correspondents meet at last (1998)
A second meeting is arranged and Kathleen goes to wait for NY152 in the park, hoping for one particular person.
Set in 91st Street Garden, Riverside Park — A community garden in Riverside Park, the final meeting place. Google Maps · Apple Maps
A community garden inside Riverside Park.
Filmed at 91st Street Garden, Riverside Park — The garden used for the final scene. Google Maps · Apple Maps
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Filmed at 210 Riverside Drive (side entrance on West 93rd Street) — Joe's apartment Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Former Starbucks, 2259 Broadway at West 81st Street — Morning commute Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at Verdi Square — The bench Google Maps · Apple Maps
Filmed at 79th Street Boat Basin — The Fox family boats Google Maps · Apple Maps
Characters
- Kathleen Kelly — Owner of a small children's bookshop, writing online as Shopgirl.
- Joe Fox — Heir to a bookstore chain, writing online as NY152.
Questions answered on the map
- Where was the little bookshop from You've Got Mail?
- Which café did they plan to meet in?