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Home | About Maltese Falcon Locales If you happen to visit San Francisco, you can see some of the places mentioned in The Maltese Falcon. In most cases, Hammett changed the names of the hotels, and of course, since Sam Spade was a fictional character, you won't see his name on an office door or apartment mail box. If you intend seeing all these places, set aside 2-3 hours to do so, and go by foot. Except for the Coronet, Spade's Apartment, and the Pickwick Stage Terminal, all the locations are within a 10-15 minute walk from each other in downtown San Francisco. Words of Advice If you do decide to visit these places, please keep in mind that they are mostly private property or businesses. You should be respectful that these are intended to be places of business rather that tourist stops. I don't encourage you to visit the interiors of these buildings unless you actually have legitimate business there (or in the case of John's Grill, if you intend to eat there).  Additionally, you will be unable to actually enter any of the apartment complexes, such as the Coronet, nor should you try to, unless you actually know someone who lives there. Just seeing the exterior of these buildings should be enough. Locales Sam Space's Office (see Chapter 6, page 52) If it existed, it would have been somewhere on the 5th Floor. Hunter-Dulin Building 111 Sutter Street Near the corner of Montogmery and Sutter Sam Spade's Apartment (See Chapter 6, page 54) If it existed, it would be on the top floor. Apartment #401 891 Post Street On the corner of Post and Hyde Where Miles Archer Was Murdered (See Chapter 2, page 12) Burritt Alley Near the corner of Burritt and Bush The Coronet (Brigid's Apartment) (See Chapter 6, page 54) She would have lived on the tenth floor. The Cathedral Apartments 1201 California Street Near the corner of California and Jones Hotel Belvedere (Cairo's Hotel) (See Chapter 6, page 58 and Chapter 10, page 94) Cairo would have stayed on the sixth floor Hotel Monaco (Once called Bellevue in the 1920s) 501 Geary Street Alexandria Hotel (Gutman's Hotel) (See Chapter 11, page 104 and Chapter 12, page 120) He would have stayed on the 12th floor. The Sir Francis Drake Hotel 450 Powell Street Pickwick Stage Terminal (See Chapter 17, page 161) Pickwick Grand Heritage Hotel 85 Fifth Street Located near the corner of fifth and Minna. John's Grill (See Chapter 17, page 165) If you can, eat here for lunch. Good food. 63 Ellis Street Located near the corner of Powell and Ellis.   Comment On This Page Updated: Friday, December 17, 2004 at 3:14:56 PM by Aaron Malchow Login | Logout 8/29/2008; 10:07:18 PM

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