If you’d been walking down Clinton Avenue between Gates and Greene on Friday afternoon, you would have been forgiven for thinking you’d stepped into a time warp. The house of 401 Clinton Avenue had been taken over by a shoot for the Prohibition era HBO show Boardwalk Empire and there were three period cars parked on the street in front of the house. Neat.
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They’re doing this on Stuyvesant Ave too…between bainbridge & decatur. i think the neighbors are really getting fed up with losing their parking spaces so often.
it’s an antique mini-cooper!!
looks like it runs on AA batteries.
adorable.
The movie, as I understand it, takes place in Atlantic City but the filming occurs in New York City, not because of the period architecture but because that’s where the tax incentives are!
My dad called ‘em “jolly hoppers”–the cars not the production crew. They really are cute. (That goes for the crew, too.)
Dave, The block associations are getting paid for the inconvenience. I sincerely hope the series gets picked picked up for a long-term HBO contract. It’s good for the block associations coffers as well as added security to the nabe when they’re here. Not to mention the good pr.