Avenue B & East 11th Street

Overview

SLocated in the heart of the East Village's Alphabet City, this vibrant intersection is famous for its bohemian history and pop-culture references. It captures the gritty, artistic essence of lower Manhattan and is famously mentioned in the opening lines of the hit Broadway musical RENT.The intersection of Avenue B & East 11th Street played a vital role in Ragtime. In 1980, production designers dressed this real street corner with period signage, awnings, and clotheslines to painstakingly recreate the turn-of-the-20th-century Lower East Side, where the film crew spent ten days shooting.

Filming Locations

Ragtime1981

The street intersection transformed with historic signage, awnings, and clotheslines to portray the turn-of-the-20th-century Lower East Side in Manhattan.

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