What year is this?

I forgot to write down what they were filming, but a few blocks in my neighborhood were transformed to look like some year in the past. More pictures follow.

Update: The signs are still up for this shoot, and it’s Rebel in the Rye, directed by Danny Strong who I will adore forevermore for his character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Of course, he’s done a few things since …

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I don’t know old cars so I couldn’t really tell from them what year this was supposed to be. I think I guessed 1940s, because to me the phone booth seemed more modern than the cars.

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But this play premiered in 1935. Look at the ticket prices! So those of you who guessed 1930s, yay! You win!

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Stacy Horn

I've written six non-fiction books, the most recent is Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York.

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