Fire Station 27 in Los Angeles = "Good Vibrations" promo film

[PongHit]

Brendon Sibley writes:

This is the fire station used on the "Good Vibrations" promo film. I snapped this pic and did an overlay of the BBs:

[Craig Boyd]

That's super cool! 

[Rocker]

Wonderful. I'd like to see more of these kind of pictures with BBs related places

[guitarfool2002]

This is one of my favorite topics of all. I'm still fascinated by that GV promo and where and how it was filmed.

For more information, and some then-and-now comparison photos similar to the one posted in this thread, go to page 4 and 5 (and more...) on this thread:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,11011.75.html

And find some more info on the GV film locations on page 2 of this thread, along with other similar info and exact locations:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,5541.25.html

I actually took the Google Maps camera function and took a virtual tour of the area where the GV film was shot, specifically around the firehouse which is now of course the LA Firefighting Museum. I wanted to post more screen captures but the task was bigger and more time-consuming than I could spare. But with that Google technology, you can try the same thing: pinpoint the address of the fire station, zoom in with Google, and start "walking" in all directions. It's pretty cool.

And go to this thread, pages 2 and 3, for some before and after photos of the Radiant Radish, on Melrose:

http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,6254.25.html

I'd like to get all of these collated and combined into one thread eventually, it's too good not to have archived in one place. I love before-and-after shots, and Google Maps, plus the information of a few great individuals and fans on this board made it possible to finally see these places.

[Ron]

This is pretty cool.  I love using Google Maps to go find places I visited as a kid, or old houses I lived in, or whatever and see what's changed.  Sometimes it looks drastically different than what I remember... and other times, like you just did, it's picture perfect exactly as I imagined.