Film Locations - Downtown and Cityscapes

Brightleaf Square
905 W Main St

Brightleaf Square
  • Twin, renovated Neo-Romanesque, red brick, turn-of-the-century tobacco warehouses with courtyard
  • Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
  • 72 Corbelled chimneys mark the perimeter of the roofline
  • Cobblestone walk/roadway between renovated, turn-of-the century brick buildings and store fronts
  • Period street lamps

Research Triangle Park
Durham Freeway, Exits 5 through 8
I-40, exits 279 and 280

Streetscape
  • Created from southeast Durham pinelands and farmland in 1959
  • 7,000 acres, eight miles long and two miles wide, 13 million square feet under roof
  • One of the largest research parks in the world
  • Many dramatic buildings in mini tracks of 8 acres, plans must be approved, building can cover only 30% of land
  • GlaxoSmithKline Campus filmed in Natalie Wood's Brainstorm in 1981

Downtown Streetscape

Streetscape
  • Downtown Durham is a 14 block, people-scaled city with a tree-lined main street setting
  • Buildings were primarily built in the 1900-1930 time frame with some modern architecture as well

Duke University Medical Center
Erwin Rd

Duke Medical
  • Established in 1930, a major tertiary care facility rated in the top five in the nation with 1,100 beds
  • Helicopter helipad
  • Contemporary architecture mixed with 1930, Gothic architecture of Duke Hospital South
  • Subway between parking areas above and beyond ground

American Tobacco Trail

  • Six mile paved walking/jogging/bicycling trail, part of what will be a 30 mile project that runs through Durham, Wake and Chatham counties
  • Follows the course of the old New Hope Railroad, built at the turn of the 1900's
  • Traverses urban, suburban and rural landscapes

Durham Skyline

Skyline
  • A definite choice for mid-size town
  • Clustered mix of high-rise buildings ranging from 14 to 17 stories surrounded by trees/greenery

Downtown Ninth Street

Ninth Street
  • Funky, six-block, "sixties" commercial area
  • Three blocks of small store fronts
  • Eclectic shopping district near Duke University's East Campus
  • Stores include organic produce, drug store soda fountain, natural fiber clothing, crystals, bookstores, restaurants and more

Ninth Street Cityscape

Ninth Street
  • Funky, six-block, "sixties" commercial area
  • Three blocks of small store fronts
  • Eclectic shopping district near Duke University's East Campus
  • Stores include organic produce, drug store soda fountain, natural fiber clothing, crystals, bookstores, restaurants and more