GTA V Buildings in Real Life (and what they are)

I gathered up a bunch of iconic buildings in GTA 5 and researched a bit about their real life counterpart. By the end of this you'll hopefully learn a little bit about some of these stunning places you often drive past everyday!
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Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:32 Hollywood Casino
1:19 Capitol Records Building
1:58 Grauman's Chinese Theatre
2:34 Walk of Fame
3:08 Grithith Observatory
3:47 Slab City
4:36 Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
5:23 Scientology Celebrity Center (LA)
6:23 Fox Plaza
7:00 Great Western Savings Building
7:35 Los Angeles City Hall
7:55 Beverly Hills City Hall
8:31 Playboy Mansion
9:25 Figueroa Hotel
10:14 Outro
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Credits:
A lot of this information came from Wikipedia as well as many other sources, I'll try to list everything here.
LA Drone Footage by TAPP Channel: • Los Angeles | 4K Drone...
Capitol Records footage by Chewbacca's Apartment: • Capitol Records Buildi...
Fox Plaza Images - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Pla...
Chinese Theatre Star Wars Image - www.photofestnyc.com/
Slab City white sofa - Amanda Ulrich - roadtrippers.com/magazine/sla...
Slab City welcome sign - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_Ci...
Slab City Range - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Skyrim Advertisement - www.gematsu.com/2011/06/skyri...
Max Payne Advertisement - www.rockstargames.com/newswir...
LA City Hall - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Ang...
Hollywood Park Casino - onthegrid.city/los-angeles/in...
Playboy Masion outside - Michael Tran/FilmMagic
Hotel Figueroa founders - www.hotelfigueroa.com/blog/fe...
Hollywood park track - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywo...
Hollywood park demoltion - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywo...
Griffith Observatory - museu.ms/museum/543/Griffith-O...
Flynt Publications building - www.laconservancy.org/locatio...
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
Hollywood Park Casino - www.500nations.com/casinos/ca...
Beverly Hills City Hall - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly...
Hotel Figueroa GTA V - www.flickr.com/photos/kretzsc...
Hollywood Park Casino - www.flickr.com/photos/eleets1...
Flynt Publications - www.flickr.com/photos/dandc/2...
Hotel Figueroa GTA 4 - www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna24338719
Scientology centre - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebri...
Hollywood race track painting - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywo...
City Hall cake - www.thenationalnews.com/lifes...
Playboy masion grotto - www.gizmodo.com.au/2014/02/fr...
Hollywood park casino render - www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...
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Thanks for watching!

[@baiylee7873]

Take a shot everytime he says "Building". You will die.

[@AMAZINGDAVE]

Trevor won't

[@nickg35x]

alright taking a blinker every time he says building lets see how this goes

[@kizzathekizza8599]

Bali?

[@nickg35x]

38 times, i had to stop at 11 lmao

[@Zenny4]

“Ok I will”

[@Danie1_l]

I imagine it feels weird to live in LA and play gta and like randomly drive to your own home and notice how similar both are

[@X3RNEA5]

A youtuber I follow, went to LA for a YT Invitation and he also said that how he knows every road in LA only because of GTA 5 Best thing is he never went to LA irl and that was his first time

[@kloud7a7]

@@X3RNEA5 whats the youtubers name?

[@zywoomeister3654]

Have you ever hit by a griefer and spawned back at the nearest hospital?

[@X3RNEA5]

@@kloud7a7 Slayy Point

[@Trackman71]

When GTA 4 came out it felt pretty surreal. Although it’s not completely accurate to NYC it’s pretty damn close. It was pretty strange driving around my neighborhood. 😂

[@6z0]

Im sure some of the original GTA 5 developers, photographers, and map designers appreciate these videos. They spent thousands of hours replicating a city, just for most players to drive by each building not caring about it.

[@disco_duckbill]

And bomb with rockets

[@Chris-ok4zo]

6:23 Ah, so that's why that limited time event based on Die Hard was set on the roof of that particular building. You learn something new everyday.

[@matushka__]

Yup

[@Loayo]

Props to Rockstar for carving a replica of los angles in my brain in case i get lost _😭_ ✊🏻

[@moumentps700]

you and dark viper are the best gta KZbinrs ever

[@simonlegosson7082]

It’s so weird to play LA Noire and GTA V after each other and see the same places in two completely different eras.

[@bababababababa6124]

It would be cool if for the final GTA 5 update Rockstar finally finished that one building

[@TheSecondKidNamedFinger]

You mean the mile high club? Yeah that would be really cool

[@IBrianrish]

Fr that would be amazing it would probably surprise most people who play gta 5.

[@aircraft2]

It was finished by modders, some FiveM servers have it finished but I don't believe anybody ever posted a public download link so I have no idea how they got it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIiQaaJ_arN4kNE

[@memorimusic420]

I would love if GTA VI has updates like that

[@NaoagishAminAdib]

I can't believe you actually never gone to California.. How clearly you were depicting facts about each place it seemed you have visited each one of them very closely. Salute for your research in this one❤️

[@hermos3602]

I've lived in California for half of my life. I've lived in L.A. for a couple of years, but in the ghetto part of the city. I never got to experience the nicer parts of L.A. and only passed by Beverly Hills once when my family was moving to another town.

[@Mewtwo_150]

I mean the GTA Wiki does tell you what each prominent location is based off of...

[@AsymmetricalCrimes]

This is pretty basic research dude...

[@Miltypooh2001]

I'm actually curious about weather the mile high club is supposed to be a huge skyscraper or a place where the player could hang around and chill because in its blue print it's fascinating.

[@ljt3084]

The concrete Skate park on Vannucci beach is a replica of the very famous Venice Beach 1800 beach front walk skatepark which has featured in dozens of pro skater videos, i think the earliest was either the first Powell Peralta or Santa Cruz films around 1985. It was a favourite spot of Tony Alva, Tony Hawk in the mid 1980's, also Rodney Mullen, Natas Kaupus, Ed Templeton, Deawon Song have all shot footage there. Sky Brown was filmed there just before her entry into the 2020 Olympics.

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[@Crosbie85]

We need another unless info video!!!!!

[@commietearsdrinker]

This was a great video. I'd like to see you expand upon it and do a full on geographical analysis of the map, looking at the neighborhoods around the city and northern area along with their real counterparts (and of course, more historical facts about them).

[@PlittHD]

I could totally see this format as a series of 10 places per video explaining all the real life places, roads and buildings.

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[@LOE_117]

Back with another banger

[@zywoomeister3654]

The most unique GTA content on youtube. Thank you! and keep posting great videos.

[@ljt3084]

The colourful painted hippy area in the Sonora desert is a replica of the famous Salvation Mountain made by the artist Leonard Knight. In real life its just a few miles from the Salton Sea, a largely abandoned enormous man made lake in California which is where another GTA building is from. The Boathouse (abandoned restaurant) on the southern coast of the lake in Sandy Shores. Both the real one and GTA's are abandoned. Vice news have done some interesting documentaries on Slab city and Salton Lake California.

[@ZagJ107]

Great video as always! In my personal opinion, I really liked the background music in your “older” videos. I think it would be nice to have it back IMO. Have a great day!

[@JesseOrSomething]

This is a question I’ve never asked but now that it’s presented to me I’m very interested, thanks for this video ❤️🙏

[@PK14_Official]

You’re honestly one of the best GTA KZbinrs out there!

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this channel deserves so much more subscribers, the quality of the content is awesome

[@leedougall2828]

Another great video! I visited California 8 years ago, well worth a visit! Down town LA is a bit rough lol But drive up north to Santa Monica and other areas and it’s beautiful.

[@hipfiree]

I love your content, i watch the whole video from the start till the end, close youtube and forget about everything but i'm proud of myself that i can watch the whole thing while being entertained, i guess it's always fun to ,,learn'' something new.

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[@callumthompson1023]

Amazing video as always incontrolagain can’t believe you’re 20 and can’t believe we are the same age keep up the great week and hope ur pays of one day

[@EXP_IGHOST]

I dare you to cover every single place where a mission happens

[@jaywboxing-pf5zy]

There is a building which is supposed to represent a nightclub and hotel. It is called the Sunset Tower and it was used in Netflix show Lucifer.

[@Obese.Javier]

Fun fact the "Die Hard" building was an event in GTAO, it featured a similar event that happened in the movie

[@jeremy3140]

Awesome video! The Del Perro and Davis Police Stations also have real life counterparts (Santa Monica Pier Police Station and Compton Sheriff Station)

[@yashrane7820]

Bro respect the amount of dedication and hardwork you put in 💯

[@CaptianGhosty]

I just got back from a trip to Los Angeles and it’s amazing to see these in game form

[@jamieoconnor1916]

Great video sir thanks 😊 🙏 keep up the fantastic work

[@Lonezewolflonewolf]

I've learned a lot. Thank you for the research.

[@adamfox7]

Everytime, absolutely everytime You make me revisit GTAO after your hard work formed in clip.

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[@logiconix]

Non importa se ormai tutto è stato rivelato su gta 5 tu riesci sempre a trovare qualcosa di nuovo interessante sei un grande ti stimo It doesn't matter if by now everything has been revealed about gta 5 you always manage to find something new interesting you are a great I respect you

[@yony4k]

Keep this series up ❤

[@Crosbie85]

Plz

[@maxorsum]

Finally you uploaded again! Btw i need more useless information about GTA that I’ll forget about as soon as I’ll click of the video!!!!!

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I just love this content creator

[@hotwuk212]

i enjoyed this video. thanks

[@currykingwurst6393]

Fascinating stuff.

[@argreath]

5:07 sounds like something from everywhere at the end of time

[@argreath]

@@InControlAgain.. fake acc

[@hoojamadinaa]

This is why gta v is the best game ever

[@puzzlefischer1205]

1:26 the Badger Building was called Blastin' Fools Records in GTA San Andreas, where it was owned by OG Loc, and was apparently more accurate to its real-life counterpart in terms of actual usage.

[@LxstGalaxy2000]

I love the mission that takes place at the mile high club 'High priority case' but thinking about it imagine it being similar to the casino where we could purchase our own suite with a balcony, have a bar there it could be a huge social hub for players and maybe have some missions attached to it similar to the casino.

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[@Avilaluck]

Love this videos

[@trainleader21]

I have a few more suggestions for the next one( I live in LA)There is the Fox theater and Bruin Theater from Westwood in real life. There are also many buildings from Santa Monica and Wilshire Blvd in game from west LA and Santa Monica.

[@gab.dscrs3457]

Some interesting ones would be the richard majestics studio and building, the golf club, and maze bank arena

[@Link________]

do more of the natural places in gta such as the alamo sea, mt chiliad, mirror park, the reservoir, the canal, etc

[@aronstreif7720]

in GTA online there was actually a die hard easter egg at the weazel plaza during a halloween event week

[@jaymac7203]

I wish they'd made more interiors in gta 5. Obviously time and money constraints held back development just like in Red Dead 2. I'm guessing gta 6 will have so many properties with interiors we can enter? 😊

[@garrie2976]

9:53 The buildings with the neon signs on the roof the one on the right is the building Janet Leigh was living in at the beginning of Psycho

[@tastydeaths]

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[@jeepmega629]

Say what you want about Rockstar, but the way they replicate real life buildings down to the smallest details is immaculate

[@PlumberWRX]

So cool !

[@ulisesrojas9757]

Return of the goat

[@mammothplains91]

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[@Bananmedis]

Wow

[@dariusanderton3760]

I had no idea the Playboy Mansion was in GTA. Even with the infamous grotto !!

[@brogamingaiden4148]

You should cover the Kortz center where The Wrap Up mission happens. It’s based off the Getty Museum.

[@simonlegosson7082]

3:06 That’s actually not a random joke name. Dick is the drummer of Love Fist and he actually appears in person in some missions in GTA Vice City.

[@harleyslender6583]

Hey i loved ur video i rember when u played on xbox with me and my friend

[@DanDaFreakinMan]

Not really a building but Mountain Chiliad and Mountain Gordo would be cool to analyze. Wonder if the real life counterparts have their mysteries as well like the in-game ones.

[@jimpickens4983]

It is amazing how rockstar games put in so much effort for details of buildings, i can’t wait to see what they do with Vice City in GTA 6

[@joecoal1418]

ive always wondered what these buildings are

[@coffidus106]

You could cover some country side buildings too

[@chorusman556]

36 seconds ago is crazy

[@gamingmoth4542]

I’d like to know what the Lombank West building is based off of. I’ve seen pictures of the real life version of it, I just can’t get any information for what it is supposed to used for. EDIT: I found out it’s based on the California Bank & Trust Building. I actually saw it IRL when I went to California back in June.

[@tea5092]

In real life reference, I refer to Los Angeles buildings with Los Santos names. Most popular the maze bank

[@emppa3138]

I heard that people have all ready seen gta 6 buildings in Miami, i have no idea where this comes from.

[@laurier9436]

The Tequila-la is based on the Whiskey à Go Go bar on Sunset Boulevard

[@cjpro2517]

That intro made me laugh so much lol, no one is more qualified than you to talk about America

[@mukundjoshi1834]

5:05 wait, that sounds very similar to gta v loading menu theme 😮😮

[@kaycinwayment-kg5pb]

When are you going to make part 3 of a truly crimeless run

[@GhoshKGPCo]

InControlAgain has possibly broken the first rule

[@mikepod637]

The green bridge by the port. Irl it’s fucking massive. I literally got intimidated driving towards it. It has a double arch and the game doesn’t do it justice.

[@bebussound7991]

awesome

[@EeveesGuild]

Now I want to move there even more

[@dr_phin]

It's the building from GTA

[@iluvmapaches]

Should’ve include maze bank, it is supposed to resemble the U.S. bank in bunker hill, Los Angeles

[@sloonky3162]

Great video, twenty-year old British guy.

[@prateektopinkatti2487]

Man, it's wild how popular GTA5 got that they decided to build an entire city using the buildings from the game.

[@jackdotmp4]

The casino was released 4 years ago already, damn

[@spectrickx1678]

Fun facts I never knewq

[@theonlyplain]

Most iconic map in gaming history

[@alexandrutimis5084]

Can you do a comparison between the la noir and gta 5 map?

[@Yeezy548]

I think the music in 5:11 might be from manhunt 1 or 2

[@garrie2976]

8:07 It was the Police station in Beverly Hills Cop

[@jamieoconnor1916]

The Irish city of limerick was called " stab city " random bit of trivia for you 🤔 😊

[@S3V1ET_N1NJA]

Fun Glitches for every patch series coming back?

[@johnfarmer888]

For me my favorite digital version of L.A. is definitely L.A. NOIRE

[@LongGokuYT]

Interesting

[@BotLifeMatters]

And gta is almost 10 years old 🫨

[@standardaussie]

I hate that people want to remove the mile high building. It is a very important "time stamp" for the events shown taking place in game. I believe the year matters re the easter eggs of the larger variety.

[@HEKVT]

World building is definitely something you gotta give credit to R* to, can tell they did their research.

[@czagr3592]

I want to see the "Wenger Institute" building in real life. It's located right next to ls customs