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Echo Park Lake

Los Angeles · United States  ·  Rowing boat photographs

Chinatown filmed at Echo Park Lake, Los Angeles. Gittes photographs Mulwray with a mystery woman in a rowing boat near this park lake's bridge.

Where to go

34.075, -118.26
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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Good to know

Title
Chinatown (1974)
On screen
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In real life
Echo Park Lake, Los Angeles
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Chinatown film at Echo Park Lake?
At 34.075, -118.26 in Los Angeles. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Can you visit Echo Park Lake?
Open to the public, free.
What else was filmed near Echo Park Lake?
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