Where the movies left their mark on the city that never sleeps \u2014 four iconic productions, the real streets behind them, and how those streets look today.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n New York has always been more than a backdrop. It is a character \u2014 restless, contradictory, impossible to fake. Directors have known this for over a century, and the city has repaid their attention with some of the most indelible images in cinema history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This site traces four productions back to their real locations. Each page pairs production history with an embedded trailer, a live Google Map, and a then-and-now photo comparison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Browse the productions \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n Film No. 1 \u00b7 1961<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dir. Blake Edwards \u00b7 727 Fifth Ave, Midtown<\/p>\n\n\n\n Audrey Hepburn’s Holly Golightly stands before the Tiffany & Co. flagship at dawn \u2014 one of cinema’s most iconic opening shots, filmed on location on Fifth Avenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nProductions featured<\/td> 4<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Years spanned<\/td> 1961\u20131998<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Borough<\/td> Manhattan<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Oldest location<\/td> Hook & Ladder 8 (1903)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Still open today<\/td> All four<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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