The Complete NY Filming Locations of North By Northwest
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The Complete NY Filming Locations of North By Northwest

North By Northwest spends only one-third of its 2 hour 16 minute running time in New York. So why devote an entire New York, You’ve Changed column to it? Because in just 45 minutes, Hitchcock gave the city one of its most iconic starring rolls of all time – and still had Chicago and Mount…

The Filming Locations of Annie Hall, Part 2 – New York, You’ve Changed

The Filming Locations of Annie Hall, Part 2 – New York, You’ve Changed

“New York, You’ve Changed” is a Scouting NY feature in which the New York depicted in classic movies is compared with the city of today, a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what once was and what has changed. This is Part 2 of our look at Annie Hall – Click here for Part 1! Continuing…

The Filming Locations of Annie Hall, Part 1 – New York, You’ve Changed
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The Filming Locations of Annie Hall, Part 1 – New York, You’ve Changed

“New York, You’ve Changed” is a Scouting NY feature in which the New York depicted in classic movies is compared with the city of today, a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what once was and what has changed. Side note: I think this concept would make for an excellent coffee table/photo book, and if anyone…

The Film Locations of Rosemary’s Baby
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The Film Locations of Rosemary’s Baby

“New York, You’ve Changed” is a new Scouting NY feature in which the New York depicted in movies is compared with the city of today. Not just the usual list of shooting locations, this is a full shot-by-shot dissection to see what New York once was and what it has become,  for better or worse….

The Film Locations of Taxi Driver
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The Film Locations of Taxi Driver

If locations were billed alongside actors, Robert DeNiro would share co-starring credits on Taxi Driver with New York City.   The character of Travis Bickle is utterly co-dependent with the New York of 1976, a spawn of all that New York had become at the time. Without the tough, dangerous, smut-filled, immoral, seedy, dank, sweaty,…

The Film Locations of Ghostbusters (Part 1) (NY, You’ve Changed)
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The Film Locations of Ghostbusters (Part 1) (NY, You’ve Changed)

Though there are many movies I’m excited to cover for “New York, You’ve Changed,” I had no choice but to start with the movie that first introduced me to New York City… I first saw Ghostbusters when I was about 8 years old and instantly fell in love with it. I watched it over and…