Guggenheim Museum, formally the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Opened in 1959 and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, it is one of New York’s most distinctive buildings, known for its white spiral form and ramped interior. Its architecture has made it one of the city’s most recognisable screen locations.
Guggenheim Museum appears in Men in Black (1997), The International (2009), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Manhattan (1979), Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), and When in Rome (2010). In some productions it is used as itself, while in others it functions as part of the wider New York setting.
In Men in Black (1997), the Guggenheim is used in the early chase scene after Agent J encounters his first alien. The pursuit leads him up the museum’s spiral interior, making the building one of the film’s most memorable New York locations.
In The International (2009), the Guggenheim is used for one of the film’s best-known set pieces, the major shootout staged inside the museum. The location gives the sequence a striking modern architectural setting and is one of the film’s defining visual environments.
In Three Days of the Condor (1975), the Guggenheim appears in the sequence where Joe Turner hides out in the museum. The building is used as part of the film’s tense Manhattan geography rather than as a tourist landmark.
In Manhattan (1979), the Guggenheim appears among the film’s New York locations, helping place the story within a recognisable Upper East Side cultural setting.
In Someone to Watch Over Me (1987), the Guggenheim Museum is used for the scene in which Claire Gregory witnesses a murder inside the museum. Mike Keegan is also there, and after the killing he chases the murderer out of the building and catches up with him outside the museum. The location is therefore used not just as part of the film’s Upper East Side setting, but as the site of one of its key early crime scenes.
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Men in Black
Men in Black was shot primarily in and around New York City, with additional work in New Jersey and Los Angeles.
Someone to Watch Over Me
Someone to Watch Over Me is a 1987 American romantic thriller directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers and…
Luke’s Bar & Grill
Luke’s Bar & Grill appears in Seinfeld (1989–1998). The exterior was reworked as Poppie’s, the restaurant connected to one of the show’s supporting characters.
The Comic Strip
The Comic Strip appears in The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015–2016) and Jerry Before Seinfeld (2017). In both, the club is used in connection with stand-up comedy.
Three Twenty One
Three Twenty One appears in Seinfeld (1989–1998). It is used as the exterior of George’s apartment building during the earlier part of the series.
Tavern on the Green
Tavern on the Green has appeared in An Unmarried Woman, It’s My Turn, Arthur, Only When I Laugh, Ghostbusters, Heartburn, Wall Street, Beaches, and many more.
Gray’s Papaya
Gray’s Papaya has appeared in several films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance, You’ve Got Mail, Down to Earth, and The Back-Up Plan.
La Boite en Bois
La Boite en Bois appears in Seinfeld (1989–1998). Rather than being limited to a single episode, the restaurant was used multiple times in the series.
Plaza Hotel
The Plaza Hotel has appeared in many films, including North by Northwest, Plaza Suite, Arthur, Crocodile Dundee, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and many more.
Bergdorf Goodman
Bergdorf Goodman is a luxury department store at 754 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, with the men’s store across the street at…
Tom’s Restaurant
Tom’s Restaurant appears in Seinfeld, where it serves as the exterior of Monk’s Café, the regular meeting place for Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer.
Leave a Reply