Malloch Apartments, 1360 Montgomery (southeast corner of Montgomery and the Filbert Steps).

In Tales of the City and More Tales of the City, DeDe and Beauchamp lived in the penthouse of the Malloch Apartments.  In the first two miniseries, The Day’s apartment was not located here at the Malloch but rather at Brocklebank Apartments on Nob Hill.

The weekend after she released the story of Simon Bardill’s defection from Her Majesty’s royal yacht, the Britannia, Mary Ann was concerned over how all the attention was affecting Simon.  She waited for Brian to leave their apartment to go to the laundromat.  She then invited Simon to join her on a shopping trip in North Beach. (Babycakes)

All Mary Ann had to show for her shopping effort was some pickled mushrooms purchased at Molinari’s.  It was clear to Simon that Mary Ann had more than pickled mushrooms on her mind.  He suggested they go for a walk.

They walked from Molinari’s on Columbus Street to Union Street, turned right, and then climbed Telegraph Hill to the intersection of Union and Montgomery streets. 

Malloch Apartments

They turned left and walked along Montgomery to its intersection with the Filbert Steps.

Mary Ann pointed out to Simon that the Malloch’s penthouse was where Lauren Bacall’s character in the 1947 film Dark Passage lived.  She also informed Simon that her friend DeDe used to live in that penthouse.  They then descended the Filbert Steps.

Here’s clip from Dark Passage where Lauren Becall takes the mysterious man up to her apartment to hide.  If you look closely at the video, just after the mysterious man’s hand opens the door, the shot cuts to a suited gentleman walking up the street and turning left into a side street.  That side street is Alta where the Duck House is located.  

Although on two different streets, the Malloch Apartments and the Duck House are physically quite close to each other. The SE corner of the Malloch is separated by only a few feet from the NW corner of the Duck House.  The photo on the left shows the relationship between the two buildings.  The Duck House is easily identified on the right; the building on the left is the southeast corner of the Malloch Apartments.

At the start of the scene in “Tales of the City” of Mona and Mouse descending the Filbert Steps, there was a brief glimpse of Coit Tower and a palm tree.  The shot of Coit Tower and the palm tree was taken from near the front door of the Malloch Apartments.  Again, here is that video clip.

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