I'm becoming obsessed with the filming of American Gangster, simply because I see crews working in the nabe so often. By the production's conclusion, there will be few places in South Harlem that do not make it onto celluloid.

This week, Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting signs for the production, which is filming this Sunday, start around 117th Street and Lenox Avenue, where they overlap with signs for The Black Donnelys, which is filming on Lenox between 116th and 118th. The signs for American Gangster continue up into the 120's, and also head east to Mt. Morris Park West.

Lenox Avenue in this area has been transformed into 8th Avenue from 115th to 117th in the 1970's, the principal turf of Heroin kingpin Frank Lucas. More shots of Lenox Avenue as a stage are after the jump.

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