The Bradbury Building

http://www.avclub.com/articles/we-visit-the-bradbury-building-where-the-past-and,99974/

Quote :

When Ridley Scott needed a place to stage the climax of Blade Runner—his sci-fi noir set in a future Los Angeles that’s also a graveyard of its past—he found it, and the film’s conceptual epicenter, in the Bradbury Building. The architectural marvel has been around since 1893, its elaborate wrought-iron railings, cage elevators propelled by exposed gears and pulleys, and enormous peaked skylight all straddling several centuries of design past and yet-to-be. Like the world depicted in the film, it’s a clash that makes the Bradbury feel completely divorced from time. And like a Replicant, it’s a thing of power and beauty, crafted from cold mechanics.

In the British SF b-movie Attack the Block there's a nod to the Bradbury Building with much of the action taking place in Wyndham Tower and on Ballard St. Nice touches in an otherwise not very good film.

I thought ATTACK THE BLOCK was a decent film, if a bit uneven. Definitely one of the better British comedies in recent years though I admit that's not saying much. Somewhat prescient of the August '11 riots.

Here's a UTube video of the Brabury featuring clips of BLADERUNNER and the OUTER LIMTS episode "Demon With A Glass Hand" (which James Cameron later ripped off with THE TERMINATOR).