San Francisco, California | MCU: Location Scout

Establishing shot of San Francisco with Coit Tower and Golden Gate Bridge. Text: San Francisco, California.

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Establishing

This episode opens with Fitz on the run from other SHIELD agents intent on getting Fury’s toolbox back.

The initial establishing shot is an iconic one of San Francisco, which includes not one, but two landmarks, in the frame: Coit Tower and the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

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Street, San Francisco

Fitz walks along a San Francisco street, but bolts when he realizes he’s being followed.

This sequence was shot on the 100 block of 5th Street in Los Angeles, with Fitz crossing the street at 5th and Main, and the other Agent running into the alley between the Hotel Rosslyn and a parking structure.

  • Fitz walking on San Francisco sidewalk.
  • Fitz walking on San Francisco sidewalk.
  • Fitz sprinting across on San Francisco street.
  • Man running into San Francisco alley.

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Parking Garage, San Francisco

Fitz runs up the stairs of a parking structure onto the roof, where he climbs aboard a Quinjet and takes off.

The parking garage at 545 Main, just next to the Hotel Rosslyn, served as the location for this daring escape.

  • Fitz running up parking garage stairs.
  • Man on parking garage roof deck.
  • Man on empty parking garage roof deck.
  • Man on parking garage roof deck watching quinjet take off.

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(Agents of SHIELD S02E18, 2015)