{"id":525169,"date":"2026-01-18T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/525169\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:00:12","slug":"inside-blade-runners-iconic-downtown-l-a-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/525169\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside &#8216;Blade Runner&#8217;s iconic downtown L.A. location"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul data-element=\"action-bar-menu\" class=\"flex gap-2 list-none \">\n<li data-element=\"action-bar-share\" class=\"flex  relative \">\n<p> Share via     Close extra sharing options  <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>L.A. Times reporter Greg Braxton takes us into the iconic Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles to talk about the No. 5 film in the L.A. Times\u2019 list of the best 101 L.A. movies, \u201cBlade Runner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>               <a class=\"link\" aria-label=\"Greg Braxton\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/greg-braxton\" data-click=\"authorBioImage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768741210_123_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"130\" height=\"130\"\/> <\/a>           <\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio-text\">A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Entertainment section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.<\/p>\n<p>         <a class=\"link\" aria-label=\"David Viramontes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/david-viramontes\" data-click=\"authorBioImage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768741210_992_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"130\" height=\"130\"\/> <\/a>           <\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio-text\">David Viramontes is an audience editor for Entertainment and Arts. Before coming to the Los Angeles Times, he worked at Variety, the entertainment industry magazine. He graduated from the USC and grew up in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>         <a class=\"link\" aria-label=\"Mark E. Potts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/people\/mark-potts\" data-click=\"authorBioImage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768741212_428_.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"130\" height=\"130\"\/> <\/a>           <\/p>\n<p class=\"author-bio-text\">Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master\u2019s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Share via Close extra sharing options L.A. 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