🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Niles East High School
high school in Skokie, Cook County, Illinois
🇺🇸 United States · 42.0215, -87.7495
Niles East High School is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“Most of the exterior scenes and some of the interior scenes were filmed at Niles East High School, close to downtown Skokie, the setting for Hall's driving the Rolls-Royce.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Niles East High School as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Named here by Niles East High School’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Niles East High School, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Risky Business 1983
“After its closing in 1980, exterior and interior shots of the school were used in scenes from films such as Risky Business (1983) and the John Hughes films Sixteen Candles (1984), Weird Science (1985), and Pretty in Pink (1986).” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Chicago
🇺🇸 United States
city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America
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🛣 Streets & squares
LaSalle Street
🇺🇸 United States
street in Chicago
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🛣 Streets & squares
Wacker Drive
🇺🇸 United States
major multilevel street in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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🛣 Streets & squares
Navy Pier
🇺🇸 United States
amusement pier in Chicago
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Willis Tower
🇺🇸 United States
skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Chicago Theatre
🇺🇸 United States
theater and former movie theater in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed at Niles East High School?
1 production is recorded as filmed at Niles East High School, including Sixteen Candles (1984). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Where is Niles East High School?
Niles East High School is in United States, at 42.0215, -87.7495.
What other filming locations are near Niles East High School?
Chicago, LaSalle Street, Wacker Drive, Navy Pier and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear.