The Müuse Atlas / Looks

Warehouse and loft blocks

Nineteenth and early twentieth century industrial buildings. Loading docks, freight doors, heavy cornices, and wide low streets.

20 areas

Baltic TriangleFilming in the Baltic Triangle, Liverpool. Brick warehouses and post-war industrial units stand on wide streets. Hardly anyone lives on the blocks.Gustav Adolf Church, Baltic Fleet, Blundell Street
BushwickFilming in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Two elevated train lines run through the neighborhood. Manhattan is visible from the end of several streets.Saint Barbara's Roman Catholic Church, Knickerbocker Avenue, Central Avenue
ChelseaFilming in Chelsea, Manhattan. The old freight warehouses stand between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues, and the High Line runs above them.The High Line, Terminal Warehouse, Starrett-Lehigh Building
ClerkenwellFilming in Clerkenwell, London. The printing and watchmaking trades left brick workshop buildings on the streets north west of the City.Clerkenwell Green, Marx Memorial Library, St John's Gate
DUMBOFilming in DUMBO, Brooklyn. The Manhattan Bridge is at the end of Washington Street. The streets are Belgian block and most of the warehouses are nineteenth century.Washington Street, Empire Stores, Jane's Carousel
EilandjeFilming in Eilandje, Antwerp. A line of old port cranes stands on the Rijnkaai. Two of the quay sheds behind them are event halls now.Rijnkaai, Hangar 26/27, Waagnatie
FremantleFilming in Fremantle, the port town at the mouth of the Swan River. Gold rush warehouses and hotels stand on narrow streets, and the harbour they were built for still works.High Street, The Round House, Fremantle Prison
GreenpointFilming in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Broadway Stages is based here, one of the two large stage companies in the city. Most of the housing is wood frame.Manhattan Avenue, Eagle Street, WNYC Transmitter Park
Hackney WickFilming in Hackney Wick, Hackney. Brick works and yards run down to the Lee Navigation and nearly every wall is painted. The Olympic Park is on the other side of the water.White Post Lane, Wallis Road, Berkshire Road
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
Long Island CityFilming in Long Island City, Queens. The Pepsi-Cola sign stands in Gantry Plaza State Park. The Silvercup sign is still on the roof of the old bakery.Gantry Plaza State Park, Pepsi-Cola sign, Silvercup Studios
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
Old Fourth WardFilming in the Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta. Jackson Street crosses Freedom Parkway on a short bridge with downtown at the end of the road below. The Beltline trail runs past the old Sears warehouse.Jackson Street, Freedom Parkway, Ponce de Leon Avenue
Red HookFilming in Red Hook, Brooklyn. There is no subway, and most of the streets end at the water.Beard Street, 480 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook Houses
RopewalksFilming in Ropewalks, Liverpool. The streets were laid out long and straight for rope making and still run parallel with few connections between them. St Luke's stands roofless at the top of Bold Street.Bold Street, Church of St Luke, St Peter's, Seel Street
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, Manhattan. The side streets are narrow and still paved in Belgian block. Scorsese shot After Hours on them in the summer of 1984.Greene Street, Wooster Street, Crosby Street
TribecaFilming in Tribeca, Manhattan. The Ghostbusters firehouse is on North Moore Street. The warehouses around it are cast iron and brick, with loading docks at street level.North Moore Street, White Street, Staple Street
WappingFilming in Wapping, London. Wapping High Street runs between converted warehouses, and the old watermen's stairs off it go down to the Thames foreshore.Wapping Pier Head, Oliver's Wharf, Wapping station
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