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At 15:22, we see Paul talking to a retired police veteran, in the back yard of his modest home.
The veteran tells him what it was like during the 1992 riots, and tells him about the
This scene was shot in the back yard of 6039 Varna Ave, in Van Nuys, CA. (Van Nuys is an L.A. suburb in the San Fernando Valley.) [Warning: This is a private home. Do not trespass on their property, Here is a matching Google StreetView of the house.
He tries to comfort the kid, telling him his father was a good man (which he wasn't),
This scene was shot at 6006 Sunnyslope Ave, in Van Nuys. This house is only one street west of the retired vet's home Both this scene and the vet's scene were shot in the [Warning: This is a private home. Do not trespass on their property, And here's a StreetView of the house. ![]() ![]()
All we actually see of this club is the parking lot, a sort of alleyway
This short scene didn't provide many clues, but lightening the screencap revealed a unique, After tracking down that building to Sunset Blvd, it was a fairly simple task to find Turns out that this was shot in the parking lot/alley between two old buildings on east Hollywood Blvd. In the top screencap, the building on the left (west) side started out, back in the 1930s, as an upscale And here's a StreetView of the space where the bus was parked. ![]() ![]()
38:05: Frank is trying to track down a prostitute named Irina Rulfo, who pawned So, in this scene, we see Frank and his henchmen, at night, walking up the house.
Inside, they don't find Irina, but they run into "the Cisco Kid" and his friends again, "Well, that's one off the bucket list," Frank says: "a Mexican standoff with real Mexicans." the right to run their stuff through Frank's clubs. ![]() This is supposed to be in El Monte, in East L.A., but in fact, it's in the Lake Terrace neighborhood, just northwest of downtown L.A. This was shot at 202 Lakeshore Terrace - which appears to be the west side entrance of a house where the main address is 1521 Colton Street. The house is at the northeast corner of Colton & Lakeshore Terrace. [Warning: This is a private home. Do not trespass on their property, knock on their door, or do anything to disturb the residents.] Here is a matching Google StreetView of the house. ![]() ![]()
Ani is forced to take drugs, but manages to locate the missing woman
Outside, Ray and Paul have infiltrated the property, eliminated the guards, This is the Robinson home, a 1906 Greene & Greene landmark. You'll find it at 195 S. Grand Avenue, in Pasadena, CA. It is about half a mile south of the Rose Bowl. [Warning: This is a private home. Do not trespass on their property, Here is a Google Earth view. And here is a Google StreetView peeking over the hedge. ![]() ![]() ![]()
But once there, they find their hoped-for informant dead, with her throat slashed,
This was shot at the Blue Diamond Asphalt Company plant, ( "Blue Diamond". How's that for a freakin' coincidence? ) South Gate is about 8 miles southeast of downtown L.A. Here's a Google StreetView of the plant.
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