Take a Look at All of the Locations Featured in ‘Wonder Woman 1984’

The sequence continues in Georgetown where some tweens pilfer sunglasses at Commander Salamander, a punk clothing shop founded by Wendy Ezrailson that was an area staple in the ‘80s. Though the boutique went out of business in 2010, the “Wonder Woman 1984” production team painstakingly re-created it at 1415 Wisconsin Ave. NW for the brief segment. The faux shop was coincidentally constructed right next door to REDDz Trading, another establishment founded by Ezrailson, who even shared some of her vintage clothing to be used as set dressing for the shoot.

The shoplifting tweens continue creating mayhem as they make their way down Wisconsin Ave., where they shove a bride off the Wisconsin Ave. Bridge, situated just north of Grace St. NW overlooking the C&O Canal. Wonder Woman, of course, arrives just in time to save the day once again, rescuing the bride via her golden lasso.

The “Wonder Woman 1984” production team took a cue from the third season of “Stranger Things” by finishing up the Washington, D.C. montage at a retro mall, where Wonder Woman thwarts a jewelry store heist. Though the signage reads “Southfields Mall,” filming actually took place at Alexandria, Virginia’s Landmark Mall (5801 Duke St.). Both the interior and exterior of the marketplace were utilized in the segment. Though the mall has now reached A-List status thanks to its recent cameo, the defunct site is set to be redeveloped as a hospital in the near future.

After a long day of world-saving, Diana returns home to her apartment at one of D.C.’s toniest properties – the Watergate East building at the Watergate complex (2500 Virginia Ave. NW). Made infamous thanks to the 1972 scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, the storied site has many other claims to fame including its stunning architecture, appearances in such productions as “State of Play” and “Absolute Power,” and long list of famous residents like Bob Dole and Condoleezza Rice.

The charming restaurant where Diana dines alone al fresco at the beginning of the film is actually an office space in real life. Located at 3214 O St. NW in Georgetown, the picturesque site also portrayed an antique store in the 1985 classic “St. Elmo’s Fire.”

Though she considers herself unlucky in most aspects of life, Barbara Minerva (Kristen Wiig) has a pretty idyllic commute to her job as a geologist/gemologist/lithologist/part-time cryptozoologist at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Her travels take her along Ohio Dr. SW just south of Maine Ave. SW, past stunning views of the Washington Monument, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial and the Tidal Basin.

Though most scenes involving the Museum of Natural History (10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW), where Diana also works, were shot on a soundstage-built set at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, the building’s actual main rotunda makes an appearance in an early scene as Barbara walks past Henry, the 11-ton African Bush elephant that has been on permanent display there since 1959.

Diana and Barbara bond over cocktails against a stunning panoramic view of Washington, D.C. provided by POV, the rooftop lounge at the W Hotel (515 15th Street NW).

Following drinks, Barbara is attacked by an aggressive drunk man (played by Shane Attwool) – and, of course, subsequently saved by Diana – while walking through London’s Hyde Park.

The fortress-like Black Gold Cooperative offices, run by scheming businessman Maxwell Lord (Pedro Pascal), was not a set, but the actual former headquarters of London’s Legal & General financial services company. Known as the Legal & General House (St Monica’s Rd., Kingswood, Surrey), the sprawling property was once home to 1,500 employees but has been vacant since 2017 and was recently given the green light to be transformed into a retirement village. Both the interior and exterior of the unique structure were used in scenes involving Black Gold.

The Smithsonian Members’ Gala that both Diana and Barbara attend is held quite far outside of Washington, D.C. – a good 3,600 miles to be precise. Filming of the extravagant party took place at London’s Royal College of Physicians (11 St Andrews Pl.). Both the interior and the exterior of the sweeping modernist space are featured in the sequence.

Following the gala, we are back in D.C. as Diana and her long-lost love Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) reconnect in a gorgeous sequence lensed next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir. NW).

The man whose body Steve inhabits when he comes back to life calls Washington, D.C.’s Flour Mill Condominiums (1015 33rd St. NW, Georgetown) home. In reality, the modern, 59-unit building, which features cantilevered balconies, was not built until 1985, a year after “Wonder Woman 1984” is set, so this location requires some suspension of belief.

Steve experiences his first subway and escalator rides at D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station (600 Maryland Ave. SW). The site’s dramatic brutalist architecture provides the perfect backdrop for the fallen World War I pilot’s amazement at discovering the wonders of the modern world.

Continuing with the brutalist theme, Steve is introduced to break-dancing and modern art – not to mention 1980s trash can design – while walking through the courtyard of the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Independence Ave. SW & 7th St. SW). Known as the “Brutalist donut,” the unique circular building was designed by architect Gordon Bunshaft in 1974.

Steve revels at the many aircraft on display at the Space Race exhibit in Gallery 114 of yet another Smithsonian institution – the National Air and Space Museum (655 Jefferson Dr. SW). Interestingly though, this is not the only air museum “Wonder Woman 1984” makes use of.

After learning that Maxwell Lord has procured the powerful Citrine stone at the center of the story and flown off to Cairo, Steve and Diana venture to the fictional Zoth Smithsonian Archives to steal a plane to head to Egypt themselves and retrieve it. Filming actually took place at the American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum located about an hour outside of London at Duxford Airfield in Cambridge.

“Wonder Woman’s” brutalist architecture tour of D.C. continues as Barbara researches the Citrine stone at the imposing J. Edgar Hoover Building (935 Pennsylvania Ave. NW). Designed by the Charles F. Murphy and Associates architecture firm, the location, which takes up an entire city block, serves as the headquarters of the FBI in real life.

Barbara confronts her park attacker from the beginning of the movie – and realizes the true potential of her powers – while jogging on Adelphi Terrace and Adam Street in London’s picturesque Adelphi district.

Though a large portion of “Wonder Woman 1984” is set in Cairo, no filming actually took place there. The opulent Egyptian palace where Emir Said Bin Abydos (Amr Waked) makes his fateful wish can instead be found in southern Spain. The Alcazaba of Almería (Calle Almanzor) military fortress, including its gardens and large veranda overlooking the city below, was used to spectacular effect in the sequence, magnificently representing Emir’s great power and wealth.

The Cairo street where Wonder Woman and Steve face off against Maxwell in an extensive action sequence involving tanks and large trucks is actually a stretch of the FV-1a coastal road that runs through Corralejo Dunes National Park on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands. The tiny village where Wonder Woman safely distributes the children she saves in the scene was just a set built along the roadside for the shoot.

It’s back to Almería in southern Spain for the sequence in which Diana uses a payphone to call Barbara for information on the stone. The phone was just a prop, as was the signage that decorates the buildings in the scene, which was shot at the intersection of Calle Cruces Bajas and Calle de Santa María.

Galaxy Records, next to which is the “squat” where Barbara tracks down Mayan shaman Babajide (Ravi Patel), is not a real place. The faux shop was created soley for the production in the graffiti-covered alley adjacent to 92 White Post Ln. in Hackney Wick, London.

Though the Oval Office where Maxwell schemes POTUS (Stuart Milligan) and the adjoining hallway where Diana battles Barbara were sets built at Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, some portions of the White House scenes were shot in Washington, D.C. The South Side entrance of the Daughters of the American Revolution Memorial Hall (1776 D St. NW) is where Diana and Peter enter the building in the movie.

The interior of Memorial Hall appears in the sequence, as well. The O’Byrne Gallery is where Diana and Steve meet up with Carl (Ed Birch) for their supposed White House tour.

After losing their battle with Maxwell and Barbara, Peter and Diana leave the White House and witness mass destruction, rioting and chaos at the intersection of Pennsylvania Ave. and 9th St.

The two take refuge – and tearfully bid each other farewell – at Market Square West, a condominium building located at 801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. After renouncing her wish, Diana heads west on Pennsylvania Ave. and takes to the skies to prepare for her final battle with Cheetah and Maxwell at the Global Broadcast Satellite. (The satellite scenes were filmed on set in Leavesden.)

After the world has returned to normal, Diana finds some peace walking through a Christmas market at Torrington Square in Bloomsbury London. The picturesque park, which is actually rectangular in shape, is owned by the University of London.

The surprise bonus end credits sequence featuring OG Wonder Woman Lynda Carter as Asteria was shot on the backlot of Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden.

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