Ed Kaufman, tourguide of the stars

Ed Kaufman trained new tourguides at New York Apple Tours (since defunct, since they ran over too many old ladies). Ed had one of those guides to stars homes that is out of date as soon as it is released.
Nevertheless, Ed loved to point at buildings on Central Park West and tell you who lives there. (I cannot replicate his Queens accent on paper.) People would be left looking at the blank brick facades of the buildings.
The odd thing about living in New York is that you pass famous people on the streets fairly often. It is now hip to complain about the movie trucks blocking your street and taking all the parking.
It is true that Manhattan is used as a film location too often. Try Philly, for God's sake!
Philly has an elevated line, the Frankford El, which would prove a compelling location for a film noir-type flick. Most of the buildings upper stories are bricked-in or concreted-in on the shopping street atop which rest the el tracks.
There are a few with open windows. I try to imagine living there and invariably think of the Woody Allen film in which his family lives under a roller coaster in Coney Island.
Still, the top floors of those buildings would make a great location for either an illicit love scene or a murder, with the lights and the sound providing serious atmosphere.
So, filmmakers, try Philly. It even has alleys.