Living in Columbus Ohio doesn't help tremendously with writing a story about running around in the various areas of New York City. But technology comes to save the day again with Google Maps! It is technology like this that basically saved me an expensive trip to the Big Apple to wonder around aimlessly in search of some locations for my story. With the online mapping tools of today, I can search the city quickly and pick out anything from general locations to specific buildings for the characters to live, work, and kill each other in. Obviously all of the business names I used were created for the story but they exist on real street corners in real neighborhoods. Online mapping tools like this helped find the locations for these places and even provided with story elements. For example, looking at the map, there really are bushes running along the eastern side that Wolf uses to hide behind when checking out Sollozzo's Restaurant.
So, as part of my behind-the-scenes series, I bring you the locations of New York City that I used via Google Maps:
- LOWER MANHATTAN: Mr. Cove's office (Two Bridges), Antonio's Italian Restaurant (Lower East Side), Cuore Blu (near Washington Square Park and NYU), Jim's Place (SoHo):
- THE BRONX: Sollozzo's (David's ransom drop point), an Italian restaurant in the Bronx, is at the corner of Colonial Rd & 71st St across from Owl's Head Park. Carnine's warehouse (where Jill is being held) is just North of the Belt Pkwy.
- QUEENS: The Father's base of operations (Premiere Shipping) is an office in a warehouse in Queens at the end of 44th Dr
Have a nice weekend!
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