Faking New York: How it's done on 'Seinfeld'

April 23, 1998
Web posted at: 12:19 a.m. EDT (0419 GMT)

LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Jerry Seinfeld's New York is west of Manhattan -- 3,000 miles west. Street scenes, the subway and even Central Park are all recreated for "Seinfeld" in Hollywood, but most of America would never know the difference. Art director Tom Azzari takes CNN's Ron Tank on a tour of the studio version of the Big Apple that he created for one of America's most beloved sitcoms.

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