Bradbury Building
The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark located at 304 South Broadway (3rd and Broadway) in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built in 1893, the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary sky lit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. The building was commissioned by Los Angeles gold-mining millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury and constructed by draftsman George Wyman from the original design by Sumner Hunt. It appears in many works of fiction and has been the site of many movie and television shoots and music videos and was used as the School of the Arts Entrance in the Fame TV Series for the first couple of seasons.
The Bradbury Sign was replaced with a school of the Arts Sign using the same font and design. Only 5 episodes of the first season had specific filming at the Bradbury building and three of them took place on the same day.
Passing Grade
Alone In The Crowd
Filming took place on 30th October 1981 to film scenes for "Alone in the Crowd", "Passing Grade" and "A Musical Bridge", as well as establishing shots to insert into carious episodes throughout the 6 seasons. Footage from "Passing Grade" was reused in "A Misical Bridge."
A Musical Bridge
A Fake New Your Subway Prop was placed on the Pavement opposite the Bradbury Building to create the illusion that they were filming in New York City.
Tomorrow's Farewell
Tomorrow's Farewell
Filming for "Tomorrow's Farewell" took place at the end of September 1981.
Tomorrow's Farewell
Tomorrow's Farewell
Filming for "The Strike" took place on 10th November 1981.
The Strike
The Strike
"The Strike" featured unique establishing shots of the building from above panning down to the main entrance.
The Strike
The Strike
Various Establishing shots were reused over the course of the series.
But Seriously Folks
A Big Finish
Series Two and Three introduced the mounted Policeman riding past the school but these shots were filmed during Series one on 30th October 1981.
Your Own Song
Gonna Learn How To Fly
After 10th November 1981 no further filming at the Bradbury Building took place. The stock footage of location was used and reused throughout Seasons 2 and 3. Even when filming moved to the Julia Richman building in 1984 stock footage of the Bradbury was still slotted into various episodes.
The Return of Doctor Scorpio
