the opening of exterior shots of the apartment building in three's company was filmed at santa monica pier.
where was the opening of exterior shots of the apartment building in three's company filmed?
santa monica pier
the scenes in the opening credits where the trio are frolicking on a boardwalk and riding bumper-cars was shot at the santa monica pier, prior to the building of a larger amusement park adjacent to the pier. a later opening sequence that was shot when priscilla barnes joined the show featured the new threesome and the other cast members riding a zoo tram and looking at various animals around the zoo. those sequences were filmed at the los angeles zoo in griffith park. during the opening credits, the little baby boy in overalls who walks up to janet while feeding the goats at the zoo, is jason ritter, john ritter's elder son. the exterior shots of the apartment building were filmed at 2912 4th street in santa monica.
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section::::cultural significance.









































the south entrance of the building was the location of the murder of john lennon and is prominently featured in andrew piddington's 2006 film "the killing of john lennon", although the dakota itself was only used for exterior shots. in roman polanski's 1968 film "rosemary's baby", the dakota was used for exterior shots of "the bramford", the apartment building where several of the characters lived.









































section::::further reading.









































bullet::::- cardinal.: ""the dakota apartments: vintage articles of the world's most famous apartment building"", campfire publishing, 2013









































bullet::::- cardinal.: ""the dakota scrapbook", campfire publishing, 2014
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