Parkview Hospital Veteran's Administration West Los Angeles Medical/Healthcare Center Intersection of McArthur Ave. & Pershing Ave., Rear of Building 115 (Quad 7) Los Angeles, CA 90049 * Google Maps overhead - Parkview * Google Maps street view - Parkview * Google Maps overhead - Rick Int. * Google Maps street view - Rick Int.

Fun Facts

• For more information, check out Spook Central's Shot On Site article.
• Technically, the only time this exterior location appears in the final film is a shot of Winston putting on elbow pads, shown under his credit card at the end of the film. That shot was from a deleted scene in which Louis' cousin Sherman Tully (played by Eugene Levy) helped get the guys out of the psychiatric hospital. Thankfully, we have a piece of stock footage that gives us a perfect look at the exterior where that scene took place (which is why I'm using that as my main image instead of the Winston shot).
• Building 115 was built in 1930, has 3 floors with a total gross square feet of 60,314, and as of 2014 is used for the Research department. (source - page 29)

Pandemonium (1982)
An inmate escapes from Indiana State Asylum (25:29 into the film), the exterior of which is Building 116 on the VA Hospital property, whose back faces the Parkview location.

The horror/comedy, with the fantastic cast, is available on Blu-ray from Vinegar Syndrome, though a piss-poor tiny 320x240 VHS copy is up on YouTube. (It's the source for the image below.)

iCarly: "iLost My Mind" (August 13, 2011)
After Sam kissed Freddie in a previous episode, she goes missing for three days. Carly and Freddie track her down and find out that she's checked herself into the Troubled Waters Mental Hospital. The front of the building is seen, in what appears to be old stock footage (probably filmed by the Ghostbusters II crew). That building (Building 116) is also on the VA Hospital property, whose back faces the Parkview location.

Outside Links

• VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System Official Site