LOST Tour: Fort Street Before Our Eyes

The Fort Street Mall is a pedestrian-only shopping area that stands-in in for London in several episodes of LOST, most notably Flashes Before Your Eyes but also Greatest Hits and Dead is Dead.

At 915 Fort Street stands the American Savings Bank which doubles as the headquarters of Widmore Industries. A telltale pattern of inlaid circular lights gives the location away. This is the building that an angry and confused Desmond departs after his meeting with Charles Widmore in Flashes, Charlie busks here in Greatest Hits, and this is the location at which Charles Widmore receives Ben's call informing him that daughter Penny is about to be Linusized.

The Widmore Industries signs look to have been practical rather than CG. One of them is visible in a behind-the-scenes shot below.

Below photo courtesy Ryan Ozawa, taken during a November 2006 shoot.

After exiting the Widmore Industries building Desmond swings left onto Fort Street only to run into...

Below photo courtesy @kiwilostie

... Charlie Pace, pre- Drive Shaft. These scenes were filmed at the intersection with Merchant Street.

Below photo courtesy @kiwilostie

About a block away, near the corner of Fort and Merchant one can find the satellite city hall entrance which doubled as a London underground stop.

Below photo courtesy Ryan Ozawa, taken during a November 2006 shoot.

This shot gives a sense of the geography of the scene -- the Widmore Industries building is immediately to the left of Desmond and the underground sign can be seen behind him.

The scene with Desmond and Eloise together on a bench was also filmed near the intersection of Fort and King. The Londony buildings in the background are CG.

LOST Tour: Rose in Winter

Although I found Bernard's on-Island antics in season 2's S.O.S. somewhat ho-hum, I did enjoy the Rose and Bernard flashback which included their first meeting one cold and snowy night. That scene was filmed on a stretch of Marin Street between Smith and Nuuanu in downtown Honolulu.

I'll award Bernard a silver prize for second-best LOST faceplant.

The Sayid/Shannon awakening scene in The End was also filmed in this area.

Below photo courtesy @Scoutpost

The brick building houses O'Toole's Irish Pub. The pub interior is featured in Flashes Before Your Eyes.

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At the end of Marin Street lies another pub -- Murphy's Bar and Grill. Its interior is used in flashback scenes from Homecoming and Lockdown.

Below photo courtesy @Scoutpost

LOST Tour: Coffee with Christian and Claire

Following our most awesome tour of LOST sets in Paradise Park we drove to the Kahala Mall for lunch. We dined at The Counter, a burger-and-shake joint that was briefly co-owned by Daniel Dae Kim. The food was great -- I particularly enjoyed the milkshake.

Although it was not part of the official Hawaiian Escapades itinerary, a group of us popped into the mall to take a look at the area used to film the scene where Christian Shephard and daughter Claire conversed over coffee.

At the time we didn't have a solid reference as to exactly where the scene was filmed, so I just took a best guess at the location. Looks like I picked the wrong side of the mall; it seems to me that the far wall in the first screencap below is the Jamba Juice storefront. The chairs and tables inside the mall still match quite nicely.

LOST Tour: The Temple

Our final stop in Paradise Park was the set which served as the entrance to the the Others' temple. As with several other cases like the 4-toed statue and the lighthouse, the temple was a combination of practical outdoor plus a CGI set extension.

The pond in front of the temple is real and was still present during our visit.

Unfortunately an offshoot cult of mirror-Sulu fans have spray-painted "Oh my" on the temple's second level.

Below photo courtesy @kiwilostie

Everyone in our tour group patiently waits their turn for a photo op at the temple door.

Below photo courtesy @Lottery_Ticket

Times are hard -- the temple gardener and lawn maintenance teams have been let go.

This is the pond in front on the temple. As I've gone through episodes picking out screen shots I am always amazed at how the choice of camera lens, filter and placement can increase the grandeur of a location or set.

The exit from the underground tunnels that lead from the outer perimeter to the temple is also located in this area.