Behind the Scenes of Boardwalk Empire

The Boardwalk
Rachel Papo

The Boardwalk
Unable to find locations in the real Atlantic City that properly evoked the 1920s, the producers constructed a 300-foot replica in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The Empire State Building stands in the background, rear left, of this shot of the set.

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