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eb and the construction team, led by oe lfieri had a huge engineering challenge making this all work and stand up outdoors. In consultation with engineer d Simoniello, they deeloped a structure and ballast system for the demolished buildingssome of which topped fortyfie feet. steel skeleton was welded to open steel containers filled with stone rubble. The prepainted and sculpted scenery panels were built in the controlled environment of the Steiner Studios shop under masterful head carpenter enry ntonacchio. The brick interlocking sculpture of the facades was figured out and cared by artist italy Timergalee. The scenery was effectiely hung on the steel frames with the ballast enabling the height and distributing the weight. Over the course of our multimonth design and build, rt irector Nithya Shrinivasan lead the design and technical drawings on the boards and then the work in the field. liabeth inn and her team sculpted all of the destroyed facades and rubble, beautifully finishing this chaotic destruction into one seamless landscape. hile this was my first proect with oe lfieri Sr. his son oe r. was the construction coordinator on Bridge of Spies, liabeth and hae worked together seeral times oer the years, including on Margot at the Wedding and others. A. JETS' TURF. PRODUCTION STILL. B. JETS' TURF. CHINO AS HE SEARCHES FOR TONY AFTER THE RUMBLE. PRODUCTION STILL. C. DOC'S LOCATION IN PATTERSON, NJ. D. DOC'S STORE. ILLUSTRATION BY ALEXIOS CHRYSIKOS. E. & F. DOC'S STORE. PRODUCTION STILLS. A B C D E F