
Source: HistoricPlaces.net This is the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles. Do you recognize it? If not, take a look at its interior. Source: Wikimedia Commons A breathtaking staircase, isn’t it? Now, have you seen it before? Even though the inside of the Bradbury Building has been used in over twenty films, it has been adapted for use across almost every genre. It also pops up in television shows and music videos. Take a look at the building in perhaps its most iconic scene from Blade Runner: The building appears at the end of the film, during the final showdown between Roy and Deckard. Source: Digital Film Tree Fittingly, the building had its origins in science fiction and the paranormal. When millionaire Lewis L. Bradbury (of no relation to author Ray Bradbury) commissioned draftsman George Wyman to design the building, he initially refused. Then, after a ghostly conversation with his dead brother, who urged him to take on the… Read More