The Real Deal New York

From the July issue: Soaring high above the Queensboro Bridge, the giant Silvercup Studios logo stands like a sentinel over the beige brick building where many iconic modern films were made. Amid half-empty warehouses and taxi parking garages, this slice of Long Island City is where the Devil put on Prada, Harry met Sally and the Godfather met his end. But the growth of the entertainment industry in the city is facing some tough realities, with space fetching a bigger premium than stardom. Demand is reaching record levels for shooting in the city, and Silvercup and New York’s two other major studios — Steiner Studios and Kaufman Astoria Studios — are planning to add about 979,000 more square feet of studio space to the city’s current 1.21 million square feet, bringing the total to 2.19 million square feet. more By Sushil Cheema