The film "Gangster Squad" was filmed in Los Angeles, USA.

Filming Locations:

Grauman's Chinese Theatre

In the Movie

Scene where The scene may have been reshot out of respect for the Aurora theater shooting.

In Reality

The scene was filmed After the success of the nearby Egyptian Theatre, showman Sid Grauman built the Chinese Theatre in 1927, designed by architects Meyer and Holler. This grand movie palace was built at more than double the cost of his previous venue and is known for its splendor both inside and out. It was at this theater that the famous celebrity handprints began, starting with Norma Talmadge before construction was even complete, and now numbering over 200 concrete blocks in the forecourt. Grauman hired specialist Jean Klossner to develop an extremely hard concrete specifically for preserving the handprints.

Los Angeles City Hall

In the Movie

In Reality

The scene was filmed Los Angeles City Hall is a 32-story office building built in 1928 and the first dedicated city hall building in Los Angeles. The building was designed in a combination of various styles and did not claim any specific style. Due to the city charter limiting building height, the tower was the tallest building in Los Angeles until 1964.

Union Station in Los Angeles

In the Movie

In Reality

The scene was filmed Built in the 1930s to consolidate several different railway services, this grand terminal was erected on the ruins of the city's original Chinatown at a cost of $11 million. The station was designed primarily by John and Donald Parkinson in a mishmash of various styles. Across the tracks, connected by an underground tunnel, is Patsaouras Transit Plaza, designed by Ehrenkrantz & Eckstut, which serves several bus lines and also houses the Metro offices.

MacArthur Park

In the Movie

In Reality