The Day Superman Came to Calgary
June 20, 2013
I caught the first few minutes of Superman 3 as I was flipping through the channels and remembered that most of the Metropolis scenes were filmed in my hometown of Calgary, Alberta.
Armed with some screen grabs and a camera, I set out to find the one intersection where the first section of the film was shot. Though it has been 30 years, I was surprised how many of the angles still looked similar. The new construction in the city hasn’t effected that area of downtown.
A bit of trivia, they shot the buildings at a pretty steep angle as there weren’t that many tall ones to start with for it to double for Metropolis. The population at the time was only 623,000.
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Hi, i’m going to Calgary. And i wanna know the exactly locations of your photos (street and number).
Thank you very much, you’ve done a great job! All best!
The first photo (the brown brick building) is Knox United Church is 506 4 St SW. The rest of the shots are along 6th Avenue within sight of Knox. Enjoy your trip!