friends
At Studio 24 in Burbank, California, the set for Friends was built. the houses of monica, Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Joey Y Chandler ; Central Perk and even the section of street that connected their apartments and the cafe. The friends never set foot in New York. It's not necessary that he did. Unlike other series for which New York was just another character they idolized ( _ How I Met Your Mother _, sex in new york, Seinfeld, Girls ), in Friends the city was not the protagonist and, despite everything, we learned some useful lessons.
COFFEE SHOPS HAVE SOFAS
And in them you can spend hours with the same cup of coffee. A cup, by the way, which is better the bigger it is. Central Perk was the soul of the series, the meeting place of the six friends. Y the cafeteria that we all wanted to always have close to home (Then someone heard us and Starbucks bred like rabbits through the streets of every city in the world). The Central Perk was a set at the Burbank studios in California. It never existed…until now , which have opened for a month a reproduction with the same sofa and coffee pot, merchandising and memorabilia from the series, in Manhattan's Soho.
Gunther back at Central Perk
WE LEARNED WHAT BLOOMINGDALE'S WAS
The New York department store where Rachel began her fashion career. We also knew then that there was a job called personal shopper , precisely what Rachel was doing: advised VIP clients what to buy . And above all, she advises handsome clients . Bloomingdale's is one of the most classic stores in New York, it opened in 1861 on the Upper East Side and today it has stores all over the country. Perhaps the most famous of them are their brown paper bags that read: “Small Brown Bag” either “Big Brown Bag”.
IN THE BLACKOUTS IT LINKS
Legend has it that nine months after the famous blackout in New York in 1965, there was a baby boom in the city. In The one with the blackout , chapter seven of the first season, we discover that it may be true because I catch you where I catch you you can flirt. chandler picked up at an ATM . Or almost. And Rachel met the Italian neighbor with whom she got rid of Barry's thorn. Also, it was the episode where we started to prefer Chandler among all the characters .
THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM IS IDEAL FOR A FIRST DATE
Since in Manhattan it is impossible to see a sad star in the sky, the most romantic thing to do is to see them all together in the observatory of the Museum of Natural History, where ross worked . But be careful, you have to be careful not to end up being the protagonists of the prehistoric showcase that explains “This is how homosapiens reproduce”.
AT CENTRAL PARK YOU CAN (AND SHOULD)...
Run as you please .
Manhattan from Friends
THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED “STABILIZED RENT”
And, logically, Monica is lucky to enjoy it in that (supposed) footfall of the West Village (the exterior that appeared was the corner of Bedford St with Grove St). It was one of the most recurring criticisms of the series: it was impossible for Rachel and Monica to maintain such a large apartment (huge in Manhattan dimensions) with the salaries they must have had, especially at the beginning. Since it was actually a film studio, the producers decided to opt for convenience rather than being faithful to the sad real estate reality of the city. And they found the perfect excuse: the floor belonged to the Geller's grandmother and was rent stabilized. That's why they cried when they had to leave him, they would never find something like it. As it happened to Carrie Bradshaw.
WHEN THEY HAVE CHILDREN, NEW YORKERS LEAVE THE CITY
Sadly. New York is not a city for children. . And Monica and Chandler decide to move into a family home in the suburbs to raise their family. The perfect excuse to put an end to 10 years of coexistence and 10 years of one of the best sitcoms in television history .
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