Woody Allen included one that rose from Fifth Avenue in the opening montage of “Manhattan.” In one of the final episodes of HBO’s “Succession,” Kieran Culkin’s character leaves his father’s funeral and walks past one in the middle of East 55th Street.
“Movie producers ask if they can rent them or buy them from us,” said Frank Cuomo, Con Edison’s general manager of steam services.
He said one producer had contemplated using dry ice to simulate steam for a shot.
But, he cautioned, if you ever see one onscreen in a scene set in Brooklyn or the Bronx, it has to be a fake.
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Woody Allen, HBO’s, ” Kieran Culkin’s, ”, Frank Cuomo, Con Edison’s
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Manhattan, Brooklyn