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The Filming Locations of The Naked City – Part 3: The Upper West Side and Upper East Side
This week, Scouting NY is taking a frame-by-frame, then-and-now look at The Naked City. Shot on location in 1948, The Naked City provides an incredible, documentary-style look at the streets of New York. Let’s see how the city has changed over 65 years later. Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2! We…
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The Filming Locations of The Naked City – Part 2: Times Square, Chelsea, Soho and Wall Street
This week, Scouting NY is taking a frame-by-frame, then-and-now look at The Naked City. Shot on location in 1948, The Naked City provides an incredible, documentary-style look at the streets of New York. Let’s see how the city has changed over 65 years later. Be sure to check out Part 1 here! Continuing from yesterday’s…
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The Filming Locations of The Naked City – Part 1: The Lower East Side & Williamsburg Bridge
The Naked City, a 1948 film noir from producer Mark Hellinger, was filmed in New York City at a time when kids still swam off the docks in the East River… A time when horse-drawn carriages still passed through the Lower East Side… And a time when an elevated train still wound its way through…
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The Angels by the Brooklyn Bridge
One of my favorite things to stumble across are bits of architectural ornamentation that are nearly invisible from the street. Case in point: 150 Nassau, near the Brooklyn Bridge. Looking up from the ground, this is the view. You can tell there’s a bit of detailing at the top, but it’s too difficult to really…