The Müuse Atlas / Looks

Main streets

A commercial spine with storefronts at ground level and one or two floors above. Awnings, signage, parked cars at the kerb, and the buildings low enough to hold sky in the frame.

16 areas

Bay RidgeFilming in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. The numbered streets run downhill to the Narrows. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge crosses the water at the south end of the neighborhood.Shore Road, Fourth Avenue, Bay Ridge Parkway
Covent GardenFilming in Covent Garden, London. Inigo Jones laid the square out in the 1630s and Charles Fowler's market buildings went up around 1830. Hitchcock shot Frenzy here in 1971, three years before the wholesale market moved out.the market building, St Paul's Church, Henrietta Street
East VillageFilming in the East Village, Manhattan. The numbered streets are lined with walk up tenements, and Tompkins Square Park sits in the middle of them.the Bowery, East 6th Street, Tompkins Square Park
Faubourg MarignyFilming in Faubourg Marigny, New Orleans. Creole cottages and shotgun houses stand right on the front property line, and Frenchmen Street runs three blocks of music rooms.Elysian Fields Avenue, Frenchmen Street, Royal Street
FinniestonFilming in Finnieston, Glasgow. Argyle Street runs between sandstone tenements with restaurant fronts along the ground floor. The Finnieston Crane still stands on the quay by the river.Argyle Street, Queen's Dock, SEC Armadillo
French QuarterFilming in the French Quarter, New Orleans. Almost nothing here is older than 1794, and cast iron galleries stand on posts over the sidewalk.Jackson Square, Pontalba Buildings, Royal Street
Hell's KitchenFilming in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan. The side streets are six story walk-ups with fire escapes on the front. Midtown starts one avenue east.Ninth Avenue, Tenth Avenue, Eighth Avenue
Lower BroadwayFilming on Lower Broadway, Nashville. The street runs downhill to the Cumberland between brick fronts from the late nineteenth century, with a sign on nearly every one.Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, Ryman Auditorium, Merchants
MénilmontantFilming in Ménilmontant, the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The old village is on a hill and its main street climbs 50 metres between the boulevard and rue des Pyrénées. Père Lachaise is on the lower slope.Rue de Ménilmontant, Place Jean-Ferrat, Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix
Park SlopeFilming in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The ground falls away from Prospect Park to Fourth Avenue, and the side streets are rowhouses most of the way. The largest landmarked neighborhood in New York covers about forty blocks of it.Prospect Park West, Seventh Avenue, Fifth Avenue
PigalleFilming in Pigalle, Paris. Boulevard de Clichy and boulevard de Rochechouart meet at Place Pigalle. The streets behind them climb toward Montmartre and are much quieter.Place Pigalle, Boulevard de Clichy, Le Trianon
ShoreditchFilming in Shoreditch, London. The warehouses on Curtain Road and Charlotte Road were built for the furniture trade. Railway viaducts run over the southern edge.Curtain Road, Charlotte Road, New Inn Broadway
SohoFilming in Soho, London. The buildings sit on narrow plots four and five storeys high, with bars and restaurants at street level. Edgar Wright shot Last Night in Soho on these streets.Old Compton Street, Berwick Street, Wardour Street
Washington HeightsFilming in Washington Heights, Manhattan. The highest ground on the island is here and several streets turn into flights of stairs. The subway platform at 191st Street is 173 feet down.Bennett Park, Fort Washington Avenue, Overlook Terrace
WhitechapelFilming in Whitechapel, London. The market runs along the north pavement of Whitechapel Road. The Royal London Hospital is on the other side of it.Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel station, Tower Hamlets Town Hall
WilliamsburgFilming in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The Williamsburg Bridge comes down at South 5th Street. Those blocks have stood in for the 1920s Lower East Side and for Queens.Williamsburg Bridge, South 5th Street, Lee Avenue