Memory Test - where were these photos taken? Photo Gallery by Don Boyd at pbase.com

Memory Test - where were these photos taken?

I occasionally get images from movie buffs seeking to know the exact location of different scenes in movies that were filmed in the South Florida area. With all the intelligent folks who visit this site we should be able to collectively figure out just about any place sent in plus I'll keep the images online in the appropriate galleries once the locations are figured out.

SOLVED:

1. Long-time viewer and contributor Martha Pierson states that FAIRYLAND was on the north side of NW 36th Street and east of NW 37th Avenue.

2. The Miami Vice photos were identified as the old South Beach Elementary at Alton Road and 4th Street. The photos are now in the Schools gallery.

3. Solved - the beach hotel pool area photos were identified by a Brit friend of Jim Staubach using Google Earth as the Carillon Hotel on Miami Beach. Jim says: "To my real surprise a friend in England identified the spot as the Carillon Hotel at 6801 Collins Ave. Google Earth is great. The distinctive windows seen in the screen caps you posted match the windows seen in the pic on this website: http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&id=carillonbeachhotel-miamibeach-fl-usa It seems unlikely that more than one hotel would have that window pattern. The hotel has been so reconstructed/rebuilt that the poolside location looks different but it is the same location."

NEW: Jim Staubach says: "This is a location we have been trying to find for years. It is the drug lab house that explodes in a Season One Miami Vice episode entitled "Milk Run." It is the old fenced-in house. Chances are the house no longer exists. Back in the 80s TV shows really blew places up. Nevertheless the apartments on the street may be recognizable even if they don’t exist anymore. We think it is on the water. One very dark screen cap next to and behind the house could be the Bay and you see a light that looks like it’s on top of a radio tower. Hopefully Mark or someone else will recognize the location." Please look at the last 4 photos with the "WHERE?" and see if you can remember the location of these still shots. Thanks!

Where were these photos taken?	1956 - the Champagne Steak House	1960's - Crown Burger	WHERE? Drug Lab House	WHERE: Next to and behind the house
WHERE: next to the house - on the bay?	WHERE? Drug Lab Block

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miamijim	PM reply	06-Oct-2010 18:27
The 1987 Miami Vice pics have been IDd. It is the old South Beach Elementary at 4th Street and Alton Rd. Miami Beach. South Point Elementary now occupies that location. Thanks to Mark.

Don Boyd	PM reply	26-Apr-2010 00:41
Thank you kinseeker. I failed to notice that Jeff Levine identified the location but you're right too. Don

kinseeker	PM reply	26-Apr-2010 00:00
The Golden Steer picture has to have been taken after 1959 as that is a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado parked in front of the restaurant. It seems that this restaurant was located on Biscayne Blvd in the North Miami area.

whitebelt	PM reply	19-Jan-2010 16:47
The Green Frog was a restaurant just behind the bait shop on the SE corner of Krome and SW 8th street. The bait shop faced Krome, and the restaurant immediately east of it. I knew a couple, David and Leslie, that ran it in the late 80's for a while. Leslie(pretty sure that is her name) was an English woman. David saved me from choking to death on his coffee one time there. :-) David was a good cook. He worked at a restaurant I can't remember the name of later not far from the airport. It was the one with seats from old aircraft in it. Kind of an Eastern air lines theme if I remember right.

Alvin Lederer		14-Jul-2009 02:36
Please e-mail me anything on (the Green Frog) Regards alvininnaples@msn.com I seem to remember The Green Frog being at the intersection of Krome Avenue and Tamiami Trail (Sw 8th Street) If you mapquest 17690 SW 8th Street, that's what you get.

Guest		29-Sep-2008 04:45
I was told the crabs in the theatre story by Charlie Frow, Ed Pierce and Henry Palmer, all sworn participants. The details were amazingly similar and the leading characters credible because they were from some of the original families of the grove and most were Miami Firemen still employed by the city at the time of its telling. In other words, only the names were changed to protect the innocent.

Parks		18-Jul-2008 01:18
I seem to remember The Green Frog being at the intersection of Krome Avenue and Tamiami Trail (Sw 8th Street) If you mapquest 17690 SW 8th Street, that's what you get.

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