Hillbilly Elegy was filmed in United States of America.
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Yale University - Sterling Memorial Library
Scene where J.D. is on his way to his girlfriend at the library of Yale University.
Scene was shot Sterling Memorial Library (SML) is the main library building of the Yale University Library system. Opened in 1931, the library was designed by James Gamble Rogers as the centerpiece of Yale's Gothic Revival campus. The library's tower has sixteen levels of book stacks containing over 4 million volumes. The library is named for John W. Sterling, a lawyer representing Standard Oil, whose huge bequest to Yale required that an "enduring, useful and architecturally beautiful edifice" be built. There is an hour-long too of the Sterling Memorial Library: https://web.library.yale.edu/people/personal-librarian/library-tours
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Yale University - Sterling Law Building
Scene where J.D. is on his way to his girlfriend at the library of Yale University.
Scene was shot Sterling Law Building houses the Yale Law School. It was built in 1931 and was designed by James Gamble Rogers. The building is named after Yale alumnus and benefactor John William Sterling, name partner of the New York law firm Shearman & Sterling.
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Harrison Street
Scene where The young J.D. witnesses how his mother has a breakdown in the middle of the street. His Mamaw comforts him.
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Tunnel on Popular Street
Scene where A young Mama and Papaw arrive in their new town to start a new life.
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Vineville Avenue
Scene where ** spoiler alert ** Bev decides to give J.D. a present and takes him to the store to buy a couple of sports cards, but they get thrown out. In the parking lot it becomes clear Bev just stole a few cards for J.D.
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