Where was Frankie Drake Mysteries filmed
Filming country: United Kingdom Canada
Frankie Drake Mysteries was filmed in Hamilton & Toronto in Canada and London in the United Kingdom.
Locations
Sunnyside Pavilion (Sunnyside Park)
Scene where Mack Sennett shows Frankie and Trudy a silent film which includes a murder in the background in episode 1x05 “Out of Focus”.
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Knox College (U of T)
Scene was shot Knox College was founded in 1844 as a postgraduate theological college associated with the Presbyterian Church of Canada. It moved in to its current neo-gothic building 1915.
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Old Royal Naval College
London Old Royal Naval College
Scene was shot The Old Royal Naval College, situated in Greenwich on the Thames, is the prominent centerpiece of the area. Originally constructed in 1696 as the Royal Hospital for Seamen, the building passed into the hands of the navy in 1873. In 1998 the site passed into the hands off the Greenwich Foundation and is now open to tourists and filming.
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The Scottish Rite Club
Scene was shot Home of the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of Canada in Hamilton, the Scottish Rite Club was constructed in 1884 by the owner of the Tuckett Tobacco Company. The home was purchased by the Scottish Rite in 1920 and expanded to include the rotunda and large cathedral which hosts a 3,000 pipe organ. In addition to hosting he Scottish Ride Freemasons of Hamilton Valley, the building is a popular wedding venue and meeting place for various other community groups.
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The Savoy
Scene was shot hotel
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Liuna Station
Scene was shot Luina Station was constructed as the CN Railway James Street Station in 1931 and designed by architect John Schofield. It closed in 1993 when remaining train service was moved to the nearby Hamilton GO Centre and reopened as an events centre owned by the Laborers' International Union of North America in 2000.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Scene where Frankie attends a museum event with her mother who claims she is trying to go legit but seems to be involved with an old sketchy acquaintance of Frankie's in episode 2x01 “The Old Switcheroo”.
Scene was shot The current Royal Ontario Museum a combination of several structures constructed across the 20th century. The original building is a Italianate & Neo-Romanesque structure designed by architects Frank Darling and John A. Pearson in 1914. It was expanded in 1933 with the eastern wing containing its elaborate art deco rotunda designed by Alfred H. Chapman and James Oxley. The curatorial centre was added in 1984 designed in the modernist style by Gene Kinoshita. The most recent expansion is the deconstructionist "Crystal" designed by Daniel Libeskind which opened in 2007 and includes the new lobby and three-story atrium.
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