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I suspect most of the residential locations are probably safe from the wrecking ball, as they are nice houses in nice areas. You can never be sure though, as the Weird Science house was removed some years ago, and replaced with a bland mcmansion. The Family Matters house was recently razed and replaced by condos in a gentrifying neighborhood, and the house used for exterior scenes in Alf was too small of a house for Brentwood, so it was removed and replaced by something larger and less appealing.
From last week, this site has appeared in countless films:
The above location is obvious, so here's one that might be a toughie, this detached garage. The only hint I will give for now is that it is a John Hughes location, and it is in a very very nice neighborhood:
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Drove about 2 hours each way to Gilmore today. Worth the drive, even if conditions weren't ideal:
Instead, we had one snowstorm early this week, and now have about 6-8" of total accumulation.
I drove from Detroit to Chicago earlier today, I am a little tired - traffic was a grind. Took around 5 and a half hours. Snowing when I left, snow on the ground until the state line. Supposed to snow tomorrow, I am leaving in the morning.
This:
Is effectively the same location as this scene:
That lovely series III XJ6 driving off is a scene I always remember.
Trivia - the plate number on that Porsche was John Hughes' birth date (02-18-50)
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Here's another Sixteen Candles pic, as I think you are a fan. Jake Ryan's house as it appears today - similar, but more foliage in the intervening nearly 35 years. I swear in the movie they go into an attached garage (been some time since I have seen it, but I have always enjoyed it, very good casting), but as you see, it is detached:
House zillows over 5MM, to put it in perspective.
And yes, I'm a John Hughes fan.
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While waiting around after the rental car incident in Milwaukee, I was chatting with the nice cop who got to deal with the scene, he told me he buys a winter car every year, usually an old Suburban or similar he picks up for no more than a couple grand, and tries to get as close to that out of it when he sells in the spring.
Nice view over Glacier Peak, with Mt Rainier in the background, Mt Adams to the left, and Mt St Helens hiding behind Rainier:
And another movie location. This one might be tough even for Michaell. It's from a John Hughes movie, but seen for only a short time, IIRC:
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Those who were around back in the day may be wondering who is this "Gary" character
This one should be much easier. The house on the left is seen a lot, the house on the right a bit, too:
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Speaking of A Christmas Story, visiting the house (in Cleveland) is worthwhile if one is really into it. It's a bit of a tourist trap/shrine now, but in a good way. The house appears nearly identical, inside and out, to how it did in the movie, and there's an adjacent museum full of props (which you can tour, along with the house, for a nominal fee), and a gift shop. I didn't know when I was ever going to be in the area again, so I had to visit:
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The current mystery houses are for a movie actually made in this century.
Given where you visited, I'm going to take a WAG and say Gran Torino.
I am sure you could buy those houses for about the price of a can of sardines, too.
This latest house makes me think of Uncle Buck, but I'm not sure if that had anything to do with Hughes.
I'm glad at least a few people aren't bored with this
TBH, I was initially going to suggest Mr. & Mrs. Smith, but I knew that was too far removed from all the other Hughes stuff being bantered about to be a likely fit. Then, after imagining the place without all the greenery, John Candy flitted through my mind, then abnormally large pancakes....
No more filming location pics for today - I am running out, unless I dig out some from past trips.
Instead, some icicles from last Thursday - we seldom get these west of the mountains, so they caught my eye:
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Yes. I'm so ashamed of myself! Hahaha
I think I had icicles that big hanging from my car tonight when I was getting ready to head home. Sadly, they didn't survive the journey.
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I was so impressed by seeing icicles, I took pics of some on the Armada as well:
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Hughes grew up in those leafy northern suburbs IIRC, which is why he set so many of his movies there.
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The Klopek's house from The Burbs is on a backlot at Universal Studios. It has been altered over the years, mostly because that backlot street was also the location of "Desperate Housewives". Here's how the Klopek house appeared when I visited a few years ago:
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