History Main / FultonStreetFolly

The trope name comes from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton Robert Fulton]], whose 1807 steamboat the ''Clermont'' was contemporaneously ridiculed as "Fulton's folly"[[hottip:*:Previous steamboats had been woefully underpowered, leading the Unwashed Masses™ to believe the technology was completely infeasible]], and who has a prominent local street named for him and is buried at nearby Trinity Church.

* Sonny in ''BigDaddy'' lives near the South Street Seaport for no apparent reason yet spends a considerable amount of time hanging out in Central Park.
* Much of the first act of ''{{Cloverfield}}'' takes place near City Hall.
* Justified in ''DeepImpact'' when the tidal wave visibly destroys Lower Manhattan, as that's the portion of the island facing the bay.

* ''Film/{{Godzilla}}'' in the 1998 movie makes its first appearance stomping up Broad Street and stepping ''over'' Federal Hall.

* Almost all of ''{{Crysis}} 2'' takes place on Manhattan. Subverted when the final mission takes place in Central Park [[spoiler:which the aliens have suspended half a mile off the ground.]]

* ''DieHardWithAVengeance'' features a Wall Street subway bombing. ([[spoiler:And subverts it by using the explosion to break into the Federal Reserve.]])

* ''TheBoneCollector'' is largely set downtown. The manhole-cover bomb scene takes place at Wall and Broad Streets, between Federal Hall and the New York Stock Exchange.

* ''{{Godzilla}}'' in the 1998 movie makes its first appearance stomping up Broad Street and stepping ''over'' Federal Hall.

* At the end of ''MetalGearSolid 2'', Big Shell and Arsenal Gear crash into Lower Manhattan, resulting in Raiden and Solidus dueling at the top of Federal Hall. [[GainaxEnding Maybe.]]

Even though there are 4.85 other boroughs in New York ([[FanonDisContinuity if you count Staten Island]]), Lower Manhattan is used disproportionately often in many films and shows because it's easier to film in; the Financial District empties out like a GhostCity on the weekends. Many of the streets are already blocked off, and there are few residents to complain if an entire neighborhood is overrun by camera crews and catering trucks.

* ''IAmLegend'' (2007) is set mostly downtown and uses South Street Seaport as the broadcast rendezvous spot.

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* ''DieHard With a Vengeance'' features a Wall Street subway bombing. ([[spoiler:And subverts it by using the explosion to break into the Federal Reserve.]])

** Ironically, the "courthouse" used on Law and Order is the civil courthouse. The criminal courthouse is a block away, but dosen't look as cool.

As a result, anything which is nominally set (or could be set) in other parts of the city will still have scenes filmed downtown even though there's no compelling reason for the characters or action to be there. A story about stock brokers makes sense, but for everything else, it's because it's an easy shooting location.

* The headquarters of ''MenInBlack'' are located under Battery Park.

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* [[InAndOut In & Out]] includes a Federal Hall scene in the award-winning movie.

Even though there are 4.85 other boroughs in New York ([[DisContinuity if you count Staten Island]]), Lower Manhattan is used disproportionately often in many films and shows because it's easier to film in; the Financial District empties out like a GhostCity on the weekends. Many of the streets are already blocked off, and there are few residents to complain if an entire neighborhood is overrun by camera crews and catering trucks.

The trope name comes from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton Robert Fulton]], whose 1807 steamboat the ''Clermont'' was contemporaneously ridiculed as "Fulton's folly"[[hottip:*:Previous steamboats had been woefully underpowered, leading the Unwashed Masses™ to believe the technology was completely infeasible]], and who has a prominent local street named for him and is buried at nearby Trinity Church.

* Averted in the ''LawAndOrder'' franchise, which roams up and down Manhattan. Although the Federal building does feature in most episodes, that's because it's the ''courthouse''.

The trope name comes from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fulton Robert Fulton]], whose 1807 steamboat the ''Clermont'' was contemporaneously ridiculed as "Fulton's folly", and who has a prominent local street named for him and is buried at nearby Trinity Church.

Even though there are 4.85 other boroughs in New York ([[DisContinuity if you count Staten Island]]), Lower Manhattan is used disproportionately often in many films and shows because the Financial District empties out like a GhostCity on the weekends. Many of the streets are already blocked off, and there are few residents to complain if an entire neighborhood is overrun by camera crews and catering trucks.

* ''In & Out'' includes a Federal Hall scene in the award-winning movie.

* Lower Manhattan doubles for Metropolis in many of the street scenes in ''Film/Superman''.

* Lower Manhattan doubles for Metropolis in many of the street scenes in ''Superman''.

* This troper got to watch the filming of the ''{{Fringe}}'' episode where skin grows over every orifice of the victim's bodies. The first guy getting attacked at the magazine stand was filmed on Fulton Street.

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