Time After Time - Embarcadero Center Chase (continued)
The chase scenes were filmed throughout the Promenade and Lobby levels of One, Two and Three Embarcadero Center at the north end of the Financial District. In addition to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, aka Five Embarcadero Center, the office complex now includes Four Embarcadero Center and Embarcadero West, both of which were yet to be built when the movie was filmed.
Then … Having temporarily lost sight of Stevenson, Herbert is seen here climbing from the Street Level to the Lobby level up the circular staircase on the west side of the Davis Street footbridge.
… and Now, taken from the same spot on the highest (Promenade) level, here’s a wider perspective of the impressive staircase. Each step now is now edged with a dark safety strip.
Then … Stevenson is next seen on the Promenade level of One Embarcadero Center. Left of center in the upper photo are the steps to the footbridge that spans Front Street and at far left the tall cylindrical sculpture described in the previous post is partially visible. When, alongside the sculpture, he looks down he sees Herbert outside the Design Research store on the Lobby level.
… and Now, a Landmark Theatre complex has since been built here; it wraps around the opening to the Lobby level seen above. The sculpture, on the left, rises through it and the footbridge steps referenced in the Then image above are at far right. The office building off to the left is One Maritime Plaza (originally the Alcoa Building) and Two Embarcadero Center is in the background. The Theatre closed in 2022 after 26 years of operation; now shuttered, it denied CitySleuth access to match the movie views above.
Then … From the lobby level Herbert looks up and spots Stevenson.
… and Now, today’s view shows the Landmark Theatre’s structure on the Promenade level.
This next shot too is on the One Embarcadero Promenade level - compare it to where Stevenson was seen two Then images above. The Front Street footbridge steps are behind him; the angular Hyatt Regency is visible in the distance.
Herbert continues to look around. The blurred background makes this location difficult to I.D.
Then … The chase continues across the one-above-the-other footbridges that span Front Street between One Embarcadero Center on the right and Two Embarcadero Center on the left. This shot, taken from the Maritime Plaza, looks south across Clay Street down Front Street.
… and Now, trees along Clay Street now block the same view from the Maritime Plaza level. In this view from street level the brown building on the left built in 2001 now obscures the building that still houses the historic Schroeder’s German Restaurant which celebrated its 130th anniversary in 2023. On the right-hand side of Front, both Then and Now, if you look closely you’ll see the neon sign of the historic Harrington’s Bar and Grill.
Then … In this great shot we see them each on one of the two bridges crossing Clay Street from Embarcadero Centers One and Two to the Maritime Plaza on the left. Note the tall cylindrical sculpture seen earlier during the chase.
… and Now, the sculpture, still there, protrudes through the since added Landmark Theater structure. On the left both Then and Now is the Alcoa Building, aka One Maritime Plaza, with its aluminum cladded exterior.
Then … Here’s Stevenson on the furthermost bridge approaching the Plaza. the Two Embarcadero Center Promenade level exit is behind him
… and Now, Note in today’s matching shot the arched tunnel leading out of the Center’s exit (see it above also). This is a rare survivor of the many such exit tunnels throughout the Center that have been removed over the years during renovation upgrades ; one of now-gone tunnels is seen in the second Then image in this post.
Then … Herbert is on the One Embarcadero Center’s Promenade level bridge racing back to the Plaza after spotting Stevenson heading over there. Once again we see the cylindrical sculpture behind him and there’s a second Design Research store on the left.
… and Now, the same view now, the main change being the previously described Embarcadero Landmark Theatre.
Then … He pauses, looking down a set of stairs leading from the Plaza down to street level. Behind him are One Embarcadero Center and the Alcoa Building on the left.
… and Now, apart from the electrical conduit pipe on the wall, exactly the same.
The stairs lead down to Washington Street.