Familiar sights?
I lived in NYC for maybe a year total between 1963 & 1965 (and yes, I did get to see the NY Worlds Fair). I was 7 to 8 at the time. "Naked City" was one of my stepdad's favorite shows. I recently purchased the Box set and finished season 1 today. Really happy with my purchase. Only saw one familiar location (I remember the tower and pier at Coney Island from 1 episode).
Am now curious if some other familiar sights that existed during my stay were filmed during the show's run:
1. The smoke ring blowing "Camal Cigarette" billboard.
2. Hotel Chesterfield.
3. W 24th st. Only because I lived at 247 W 24th st. The apartment is actually a daycare now but looks exactly the same from outside (except there used to be a sign which said "Dr Rubell")
4. A billboard where a steam Iron shoots out steam.
5. Any storefront which has a "Johnny Quick Draw"*
*It was a life size mannequin-like cowboy arcade game that you put in a coin (I think a dime) and a recorded voice in the mannequin challenged you to out draw him. They were a popular sidewalk game in NY in the 1960's
I also seem to remember a kids section, I believe in central park, where there was a pretty good-sized plaster whale.
It will take some time to get through the set, but there's no denying that sticking to real locations within the city helped give this show a fantastic gritty sense of realism.