In the fourth episode, “Vatos”, Rick, Daryl, and T-Dog have to go to an abandoned building with a captive, Miguel (@AnthonyGuajardo), in order to rescue Glenn who was captured earlier in the episode.
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This building is located near some railroad tracks near Foster St NW in Atlanta, GA. Not a lot more is known about this building other than the fact that there are some businesses neighboring and it has since been locked and boarded up. Much more information about this building can be found here (courtesy user Parabellum at Virtual Globetrotting).
Many thanks to Harley Big Daddy for getting these location photos
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The area is called The Goat Farm.
http://clatl.com/atlanta/goat-farm-gets-sold/Content?oid=1868024
http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2010/07/30/more-on-the-goat-farms-future-plans
http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-goat-farm-atlanta
What an interesting bit of info. Have to admit that I don’t think I’ve ever heard that. Thanks for the links!
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That is a dangerous area to film in. They could have saved some time and filmed south of Memorial near Grant Park and East Lake.
Yeah, they likely could have found some architecture down in that area which would have looked similar. My guess for this location was its proximity to the quarry where the campsite scenes were filmed, or the fact that there isn’t much around this building other than railroad tracks.
This area isn’t dangerous at all. It’s steps away from one of the best restaurant in Atlanta (Bacchanalia).
Not even slightly dangerous. Know your city!!!
This area is no where remotely close to dangerous. The goat farm was a old cotton gin mill and is now a collective studio rental area for artists that range from photographers, videographer, sculptors, painters, dancing, and others. There are even local publications who have artists there. Its even a living area located there. I own a time share studio there with other photographers. Its more safe to shoot here than it is to shoot in most parts of atlanta without police being in your a** about permits, and or about being on private property etc etc. The tenants and artists there are friendly and always respect your area when your doing something there. You just cant go up there and do video or photography though without permission.
This isn’t a dangerous section of town… very close to IKEA and Atlantic Station… and the historic bldgs. are the remanents of the Van Winkle Gin & Machine Works. They have filmed a lot here in the past.
History of Van Winkle factories: http://www.artery.org/MurrayMill.htm
We have an abandoned building that looks just like this one in Howland, Maine its called the tannery. When I saw that building it blew my mind and I had to look up where it was shot. i could have sworn it was in Maine.
This location is one of my favorites from the first season and it was also one of the trickiest to find. There are so many buildings which look like this, even in Atlanta alone, that it was a real find when I actually located it. Glad to hear there are similar locations around the country because some of these older buildings are wonderful to look at.
It is pretty hidden, you would never know it was less than a stones throw from atlantic station, and ikea.
The Goat Farm is a great location for filming, easy for the crew and equipment and you’re spot on about the proximity to Bellwood Quarry.
Just as an update, I was at the Goat Farm this past weekend to shoot a few pictures. the ‘courtyard’ where alot of the initial confrontation takes place is actually in the interior of one of the older buildings and is not closed off due to ‘dangerous conditions’. You can, however, see the locale through the windows and i was able to take a good picture through a hole in the wall..
Yes, this location is about a mile from Bellwood Quarry, and is also only a mile from the ‘Sheriff’s Station’ on Ellsworth, and only about 3 or 4 miles from the initial ‘hospital’ scenes, over on Bolton Rd.
**correction** The part of the building is NOW closed off (not ‘not closed off’ as stated in my posting).
I thought this episode was maybe filmed at the colony’s warehouse in Los Angeles.
No. All of The Walking Dead episodes are filmed in Georgia. They’ve filmed in Sharpsburg, Senoia, Newnan & Atlanta that I know, there could be more cities in Georgia they’ve filmed in though. It’s a Georgia based show, period. I would know beings I live in Georgia myself.