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by Richard Alleman (Author)
The classic guide to who-did-what-where in New York, on- and off-screen, including:
Classic film and TV locations Marilyn Monroe's infamous Seven Year Itch subway grating . . . the deli where Meg Ryan famously faked an orgasm in When Harry Met Sally . . . the diner where Courteney Cox (in Friends) and Kirsten Dunst (in Spider-Man) waitressed . . . Men in Black's Manhattan headquarters . . . The Godfather mansion on Staten Island...the Greenwich Village apartment where Jack Nicholson terrorized Greg Kinnear in As Good as It Gets . . . Ghostbusters' Tribeca firehouse . . . Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow's A Perfect Murder palazzo . . . the landmark West Side building that housed Tom Cruise in Vanilla Sky and Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby . . . the Greenwich Village apartment of Friends . . . Will & Grace's Upper West Side building . . . The All in the Family block in Queens . . . The Sopranos' New Jersey mansion (and the real Bada Bing club) . . . Seinfeld's favorite diner . . . Sex and the City's sexiest haunts . . . and many more . . . Stars' childhood homes Lena Horne's Bedford-Stuyvesant townhouse . . . Frank Sinatra's Hoboken row house . . . Barbra Streisand's Flatbush housing project . . . J.Lo's Bronx block . . . Humphrey Bogart's Upper West Side tenement . . . the Marx Brothers' Upper East Side brownstone . . . Apartments and townhouses of the silver screen's greatest legends Joan Crawford . . . Marlene Dietrich . . . James Dean . . . Katharine Hepburn . . . Montgomery Clift . . . Rita Hayworth . . . Rock Hudson . . . and . . . Plus: Superstar cemeteries . . . major film and TV studios . . . historic movie palaces and Broadway theaters . . . star-studded restaurants and legendary hotels . . .For movie-loving New Yorkers, travelers and armchair film buffs, New York: The Movie Lover's Guide is the ultimate insider's guide to the Big Apple's reel attractions.
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The classic guide to who-did-what-where in New York, on- and off-screen, including:
Classic film and TV locations: Marilyn Monroe's infamous "Seven Year Itch subway grating . . . the deli where Meg Ryan famously faked an orgasm in "When Harry Met Sally . . . the diner where Courteney Cox (in "Friends) and Kirsten Dunst (in "Spider-Man) waitressed . . . "Men in Black's Manhattan headquarters . . . "The Godfather mansion on Staten Island...the Greenwich Village apartment where Jack Nicholson terrorized Greg Kinnear in "As Good as It Gets . . . "Ghostbusters' Tribeca firehouse . . . Michael Douglas and Gwyneth Paltrow's "A Perfect Murder palazzo . . . the landmark West Side building that housed Tom Cruise in "Vanilla Sky and Mia Farrow in "Rosemary's Baby . . . the Greenwich Village apartment of "Friends . . . "Will & Grace's Upper West Side building . . . The "All in the Family block in Queens . . . "The Sopranos' New Jersey mansion (and the real Bada Bing club) . . . Seinfeld's favorite diner . . . "Sex and the City's sexiest haunts . . . and many more . . ."
Stars' childhood homes: Lena Horne's Bedford-Stuyvesant townhouse . . . Frank Sinatra's Hoboken row house . . . Barbra Streisand's Flatbush housing project . . . J.Lo's Bronx block . . . Humphrey Bogart's Upper West Side tenement . . . the Marx Brothers' Upper East Side brownstone . . .
Apartments and townhouses of the silver screen's greatest legends: Joan Crawford . . . Marlene Dietrich . . . James Dean . . . Katharine Hepburn . . . Montgomery Clift . . . Rita Hayworth . . . Rock Hudson . . . and . . .
Plus: Superstar cemeteries . . . major film and TV studios . . . historic movie palaces and Broadway theaters . .. star-studded restaurants and legendary hotels . . .
For movie-loving New Yorkers, travelers and armchair film buffs, "New York: The Movie Lover's Guide is the ultimate insider's guide to the Big Apple's reel attractions.
Author Biography
Richard Alleman, a longtime contributing editor at Travel + Leisure magazine, is a former travel editor of Vogue, where he is still a frequent contributor on travel and entertainment. Currently living in New York City, he has carried on a love affair with Los Angeles, where he lived for several years as an actor and writer.
