Annie Hall with Diane Keaton, a journey to the locations of Woody Allen's Oscar-winning film

Diane Keaton passed away on October 11, 2025, at the age of 79, but her unique style, charisma, and luminous, ironic presence on screen will forever remain etched in the collective memory of cinema lovers. A highly regarded actress, muse, and unconventional icon , Keaton spanned decades of cinematic history with an elegance all her own, made up of endearing neuroses, sharp humor , and a talent capable of moving from drama to comedy with rare ease.

Audiences remember her for unforgettable roles: from Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather , in which she played the tormented Kay Adams , to the brilliant Baby Boom , by way of Manhattan Murder Mystery, Something's Gotta Give, and Marvin's Room . But it is above all thanks to her artistic and romantic partnership with Woody Allen that Diane Keaton marked an era, becoming the protagonist of some of the New York director's most beloved works.

Of all the films , Annie Hall (1977) remains the defining film of that golden age: a generational, ironic, and melancholic portrait of love in New York, which earned Keaton the Oscar for Best Actress and Allen international recognition. With her swaying gait, oversized men's suits, and that voice suspended between dream and reality, Annie Hall entered the history of cinema and became a sort of alter ego for Keaton herself.

In this article, we retrace the most iconic locations from Annie Hall , following the trail of that complicated and tender love story that unfolds through the parks, bookstores, bridges, and bistros of 1970s New York . A journey through real places and cinematic memory, to pay homage to an actress who made every scene a little more real, a little more brilliant, just like her.

What is Annie Hall about?

In 1977 , Annie Hall revolutionized the romantic comedy with a brilliant, fragmented, and melancholic tale of love, memory, and the impossibility of true communication . The story follows the on-and-off relationship between Alvy Singer , a neurotic Jewish intellectual from New York, and Annie Hall , an eccentric and spontaneous young woman destined to blossom on the opposite coast of the United States.

Filmed primarily in New York , Annie Hall is a love letter to the city, its neighborhoods, its cinemas, and its intellectual vitality. But today, many of the film's locations have disappeared, demolished, or transformed. Only a few survive, like relics of an era that Woody Allen captured with irony and nostalgia.

Where was it filmed?

Alvy's childhood in Coney Island, depicted in one of the film's most surreal flashbacks (with his house under the roller coaster), actually took place beneath the historic Thunderbolt Ride . But the house burned down in 1991, and the roller coaster was demolished in 2000. Today, nothing remains but the cinematic impression. Steve's Famous Clam Bar , seen in the boardwalk scene, is also long gone.

Manhattan House (200 East 66th Street), an elegant modernist building where Alvy strolls with his friend Rob, discussing his paranoia, has had more success. Today it is considered a historic building and can still be admired in its understated elegance. Alvy and Annie first meet at the Wall Street Racquet Club , once located on Piers 13 and 14 on the East River. But the club was closed, and even the piers were demolished in 2002.

The same fate has befallen many of Allen's beloved New York theaters, all now closed. The Beekman Cinema , where Alvy waits for Annie in front of Ingmar Bergman 's Face to Face , was demolished in 2005. The New York Theater, where Marshall McLuhan makes a surprise appearance in the famous "shut-up-the-know-it-all" scene, was on Broadway at 1514, but no longer exists. Fun fact: Allen initially wanted Luis Buñuel for that scene, but the Spanish director turned it down.

The Thalia Cinema , where Alvy sees Annie with another man on their way to see Grief and Pity , closed in 1987. Today, in its place stands the Symphony Space cultural center, at 2537 Broadway. Central Park , fortunately, has stood the test of time: it is there that Annie and Alvy tease passersby at the zoo, in a hilarious scene that has become a classic. The charm of the Upper East Side , where Annie's apartment is supposedly located, also survives. Although the street number remains unknown, we see them strolling in front of 40 East 68th Street.

Who doesn't remember the hilarious scene where Alvy and Annie try (in vain) to cook two live lobsters in a house by the sea? Those sequences were filmed in The Hamptons , the famously chic seaside resort on the east coast of Long Island . Golden beaches, elegant homes, and a relaxed atmosphere: perfect for depicting the silent tension between the two protagonists, now adrift.

Despite being deeply rooted in New York, Annie Hall also features a scene shot in Los Angeles , set in a health food restaurant where Alvy attempts to adapt to the Californian philosophy by eating alfalfa sprouts with brewer's yeast. The location was The Source Restaurant , a legendary vegetarian restaurant from the 1970s. Today, the same building houses Cabo Cantina , a Mexican restaurant at 8301 Sunset Boulevard, on the corner of Sweetzer Avenue, in West Hollywood.