If the setting of a story is in New York City, what might be the backdrop?

Answer 1

Brooklyn Bridge. Skyscrapers. Mugger running off...

Answer 2

The Skyline would be an obvious answer. The BK Bridge is THE MOST PHOTGRAPHED BRIDGE IN THE WORLD (fact), and since 911 we no longer have such an imposing skyline. Might as well look like Tokyo or Chicago. Anything but what NY used to look like.
My suggestion.
An arial shot of the island of Manhattan, close enough to make out Central Park, and the grid that makes up the city, and Broadway that cuts through the entire city on an diagonal.
So many intricate elements that make the city different than the others with a skyline.
The ofcourse you can get an indepth shot of something like an ally or a perspective panoramic shot of Times Square and the theaters as you look down any of those blocks.
Would hate to revert to a backdrop that has been used over, and over again....
Than again.
Maybe thats why the use it...lol

R

Answer 3

Empire State Building? Rockerfellar Center or Radio City Music hall could be nice, especiallly for a romatinic story, around the holidays. South Street Seaport or Statue of Liberty, even Wall Street/Financial district, Chinatown, Little Italy- there are so many!

Answer 4

Rockefeller Center at Christmas with the lighting of the Christmas tree. Radio City Music hall, central park, the NYC library with matching lions, etc

Answer 5

Central Park.

Answer 6

For holiday time...
*Rockefeller Center
*Sak's Fifth Avenue
*Central Park
*Macy's Herald Square
*Bryant Park--craft fair and ice skating and right in back of NY Public Library....

Also...
*The MET--beautiful x-mas time.
*Museum of Natural History, which is right across the street from Central Park
*In front of the Plaza Hotel
*Central Park
*The Cloisters

So many places....

Answer 7

The slums, the elevated subway trains passing by with the Manhattan skyline in the distance. There's crackheads, junkies, winos and weirdos around.