The Best of Everything
Geography Main Geo: Movie Sets (San Francisco)
Sudden Fear Location:
Tamalpais Apartments (1201 Greenwich @ Hyde)
Built in 1923. 23 units, 10 stories. Russian Hill neighborhood.
To
read Jack Kerouac's "Joan Rawshanks in the Fog" about the location filming:
The
Transatlantic Review
(No. 9, Spring 1962).
This 16-pg excerpt about Joan appears in Kerouac's
book Visions of Cody (written 1951-52, but not published in its entirety
until 1972).
See also the ReelSF
website for direct comparisons between the movie shots and modern-day locations.
I took the below shots in May 2025.
Above:
Walking north on Hyde Street, about a mile-and-a-half north from
Union Square. Before you get to Greenwich St., you see this modest awning at
left: The Tamalpais side entrance.
Above:
Closeup of Tamalpais side entrance on Hyde St.
Above:
Tamalpais bulding and side entrance seen from Hyde St.
Above:
View from further north on Hyde: Side entrance, plus stairs leading to
main entrance on Greenwich St.
Above:
Stairs to main entrance on Greenwich St.
Above:
Main entrance on Greenwich St.
Above:
Tamalpais plaque at main entrance.
Above: Tamalpais main entrance.
Above:
To right of Tamalpais main entrance.
Above:
Main entrance shot from Greenwich St.
Above:
Main entrance shot from Greenwich St.
Above: Still further north on Hyde St, looking back at whole building.
The Best of Everything