The Müuse Atlas / Looks

Civic and monumental

Columns, broad steps, stone facades and open plazas. Courthouses, museums, libraries, government blocks and the squares they face.

6 areas

City of LondonFilming in the City of London. The Square Mile is its own local authority with its own film team, and the streets empty out in the evening.St Paul's Cathedral, Peter's Hill, Castle Baynard Street
Crown HeightsFilming in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Eastern Parkway runs through the middle of it, 210 feet wide with a service road on each side. The blocks north of the parkway are brownstone and limestone rows from the 1890s.Eastern Parkway, Dean Street, Bergen Street
Financial DistrictFilming in the Financial District, Manhattan. The streets were laid out before the grid and most of them take one lane of traffic. Wall Street and Broad Street have not taken cars since 2001.Trinity Church, Broad Street, New York Stock Exchange
King's CrossFilming in King's Cross, London. The goods yard behind the two stations was rebuilt after 2007. The granary and the coal drop sheds are still there and doing other jobs.Granary Square, Central Saint Martins, coal drops
Merchant CityFilming in the Merchant City, Glasgow. Warehouse blocks in blond and red sandstone stand along wide straight streets. The grid has been dressed as Philadelphia and as New York.George Square, Ingram Street, Virginia Street
Upper East SideFilming on the Upper East Side, Manhattan. The cross streets between Fifth and Lexington are rows of limestone and brownstone townhouses. The avenues are lined with apartment houses instead.Park Avenue, Madison Avenue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art