Then ... Madeleine leads Scottie across town to the art gallery at the Palace of the Legion of Honor (map). This grand edifice, at the top of Lincoln Park, was a gift to the city from Alma de Bretteville Spreckels and was completed in 1924. (Trivia note - Alma lived in the Spreckels Mansion, site of one of the murders in the movie The Sniper). The Palace is a 3/4 scale model of the Palais de la Legion d'Honneur in Paris.
... and Now, just the same.
Then ... Scottie finds Madeleine gazing at a portrait in Gallery 6 of the museum. He calls over an attendant who tells him it's a portrait of Carlotta Valdes.
He sneaks up behind her to get a closer look. Not surprisingly the portrait of Carlotta is not on display in the gallery but the two paintings behind Scottie (below) are periodically hung in the adjacent Gallery 7. They are 'Portrait of a Gentleman' by Nicolas de Largilliere' and 'Allegories of the Arts: Architecture' by Charles-Andre van Loo.
Then ... Madeleine is transfixed by the image of Carlotta. The portrait was painted for the movie by studio artist John Ferren but has since been lost.
... and Now, taken from the same spot in Gallery 6.
Scottie realizes that Madeleine's bouquet is the same as Carlotta's in the painting and that her hair is worn in the same style. Spooky.
Madeleine leaves the cemetery and continues on her 'wanderings'. Scottie follows again - this time she leads him to the Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. Every block traversed is listed and described sequentially. An asterisk (*) indicates a route discontinuity, ie a location jump.
Bullitt has arranged to meet friends for dinner and picks up his girlfriend Cathy at her office. The scene was filmed at the office of the renowned San Francisco environmental architect Lawrence Halprin, designer of outdoor spaces across the nation including the F.D.R. Memorial, Sea Ranch, Ghirardelli Square, Levi Plaza and many more. The office was at the base of Telegraph Hill at 1620 Montgomery Street, Suite 320, and is still home to an architectural firm, Theodore Brown and Partners. The building exterior is not seen in the movie but a recent photo of 1620 Montgomery is shown below.
Then ... Bullitt is seen here between the 2nd and 3rd floor on his way to the top floor.
... and Now, the statue is gone but nothing else has changed.
Then ... He is greeted by a pretty receptionist as he enters Cathy's office: Mr. Cool, raincoat nonchalantly slung over the shoulder, (Does anybody do that any more?).
... and Now, the open space has since been partitioned off. It was more welcoming and convivial then.
Then ... Bullitt waits patiently while Cathy finishes off a calculation.
... and Now, below, note the vertical pipe to the left of where the partition meets the wall. It's the same as the one above.
... on location ... here's a panoramic view of the film crew setting up Cathy's workspace, taken from behind a planter on the mezzanine level.
... and Now, from the same spot.
... on location ... Steve McQueen, inseparable from the raincoat, chats to Lawrence Halprin between takes.
After driving through the night with his truckload of apples, a very tired Nick arrives at the market and seeks out Mike Figlia at his corner business, at the southeast corner of the Washington and Davis intersection, the center of activities of San Francisco's Produce Market (location 1 on this map).
Then ... Mike Figlia's was at 364 Davis Street, but the signage was created for the movie.
... in the 1950s ... the vintage photograph below shows us the name of the real business at this location, the Half Moon Fruit and Produce Company.
... and Now, could this be the same location? Yes it is, looking south down Davis from Washington. The entire block, of which this building was a part, is now a park.
