The college was also included in some quite famous movies or series:
* Law & Order - various scenes from Law & Order have been filmed on the City College campus.
* Love Story (1970) - The Harvard graduation was in the Great Hall in CCNY's Shepard Hall.
* Bananas (1971) - the character Nancy, who is taking signatures for a petition in Fielding Mellish's apartment building, is a student at CCNY
* Wall Street (1987) - Michael Douglas's character, Gordon Gekko, tells Bud Fox (played by Charlie Sheen) that his accomplishments are "not bad for a City College boy. I bought my way in; now all these Ivy League schmucks are sucking my knee caps."
* Crossing Delancey (1988) - Sam is wearing a City College of New York sweater when playing handball
* Cocktail (1988) - the character Brian Flanagan was studying business at CCNY
* Reversal of Fortune (1989) - The CCNY campus was used to depict Harvard for this 1990 movie. Many of the scenes taking place in the law school, including the office of Professor Alan M. Dershowitz and several classroom scenes, were filmed in late 1989 at the CCNY School of Architecture, located in Shepard Hall.
* The Substance of Fire (1996) - Scenes in the publishing firm run by Isaac Geldhart (Mr. Ron Rifkin's character), a Holocaust survivor, were shot in Shepard Hall.
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org, November, 7th 2008)
Campus Map:
North Academic Center (NAC):
Wingate Hall (left) and Harris Hall (the one with the clock on it)
College Logo:
Sheppard Hall:
View from the Sheppard Hall to the Campus:
Sheppard Hall:

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