Filming Locations of Chicago and Los Angeles: Cooley High

Thank You To Jamian For Finding The Basketball Court

Thank You To Owen From The When Write Is Wrong Website For Figuring Out The Old Bar Location

(0:03) Leroy "Preach" Jackson's Apartment / 939 N. Mohawk Street, Chicago
(0:05) Edwin Cooley High School / 1258 N. Sedgwick Street, Chicago (Note: This Building Has Since Been Torn Down)
(0:08) The Guys Arriving At The Zoo / Lincoln Park Zoo; 2200 North Canon Drive, Chicago (Note: The Look Of The Entrance Has Changed Since The Movie Was Made)
(0:13) The Basketball Court / Clybourn Park; 1745 N. Clybourn Street, Chicago (Note: This Park Does Not Have An Official Address But The One I Have Listed Is Close Enough For Everyone To Find The Court)
(0:15) The Corner Diner / Northwest Corner Of W. Elm Street And N. Larrabee Street, Chicago (Note: Later In The Movie Leroy Is Being Chased Away From The Diner While Running West On Elm Street. The Building Has Since Been Torn Down But The Building Leroy Is Running Toward Is Still There)
(0:19) The House Where Leroy And Richard Were Making Out With The Girls / 1108 N. Larrabee Street, Chicago (Note: The House And The Rest Of The Block Has Since Been Torn Down But Some Of The Building Shown Way Down The Street Still Remain Today)
(0:40) Robert's Lounge / 1249 N. Clybourn Avenue, Chicago (Note: The Building Has Since Been Torn Down And Has Been Replaced)
(0:46) The Guys Pull The Car Over To Change Drivers / 400 N. Michigan Avenue, Chicago (Note: They Were In Front Of The Wrigley Building And They Later Cross The Bridge While Going South)
(0:48) The Guys Being Chased By The Police / Navy Pier; 600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago (Note: The Pier Has Been Remodeled Since The Movie Was Made And Looks A Lot Differently Now)
(1:01) Leroy And Brenda Standing On A Bridge / W. Division Street Bridge; 850 W. Division Street, Chicago
(1:31) Richard Meeting Up With Brenda Asking Is She Had Seen Leroy / Sedgwick Station; 1536 N. Sedgwick Street, Chicago
(1:35) Spot Where Richard Gets Beat Up / Between W. Elm Street And W. Hill Street, Chicago (Note: This Is The Roughly The 300 Block Under The El. The Back Side Of The Church Seen In The Second Screen Shot Is The Saint Joseph Church At 1107 N. Orleans Street)
(1:37) The Funeral / Burr Oak Cemetery; 4400 W. 127th Street, Alsip

18 comments:

Jamian (Chicagoan)August 22, 2012 at 7:38 PM
I might know the location of the basketball court, it think its clybourn park, on north clybourn between north and sheffield.
digimonOctober 22, 2012 at 5:30 PM
Dont forget when they run to the train station from the zoo, they somehow ran all the way up to the brown line station at Kimball & Lawrence, Chicago.
UnknownJuly 31, 2014 at 3:30 PM
Your article fail to mention one other location Providence St Mel 119 South Central Park Avenue on the westside.
UnknownAugust 27, 2014 at 12:58 PM
Preach's apartment was 939 Mohawk street looked it up on google earth it is abandoned now but it is still there.
UnknownMarch 1, 2015 at 1:20 AM
Were was the movie theater at
AnonymousDecember 1, 2015 at 12:43 PM
The building that Cooley High was in, is the old Lane Tech; that moved out in the 30s for the new school at Addison & Western.
UnknownFebruary 10, 2016 at 10:17 AM
The theater scenes were filmed at the Adelphi theater (since demolished) at the corner of Estes & Clark (southwest corner) We lived across the street at the time, and were watching the filming.
GuestOctober 7, 2016 at 6:24 PM
It looks like Leroy is running south on larrabee
UnknownOctober 29, 2017 at 5:10 PM
The character named Stone (real name Rick Stone) still live and act in Chicago. Talked to him a few times after various theater plays.
UnknownJanuary 26, 2021 at 12:53 AM
The CTA bus they jumped on the back of #388, was a 1963 GMC so it fit the time period of the film One bus from this series still exists today and is in the CTA historical collection.
Chi-storianMarch 27, 2023 at 9:59 PM
The bridge scene with Leroy and Brenda was actually shot from the 3 story highOgden overpass over the river near Halsted and what was then Cabrini Green. They are walking on the overpass in the next scene with distinct motifs concrete balustrades and the Wolf Point "Y" logo. The Ogden ave bridge and overpass structure were demolished in 1993.
AnonymousAugust 14, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Your incorrect about the guys arriving at the zoo where the entrance has changed. That building is where the characters went to school. That location is Providence-St. Mel High School 119 S Central Park. There is also a scene in that schools bathroom where Garrett Morris (teacher) smokes a joint with one of his colleagues.
AnonymousOctober 1, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Does anyone know the address of Cochise's apartment?