Image caption: George Kaufman Photo credit: JP Yim/Getty Images George Kaufman, the real-estate developer who helped rejuvenate film and television production in New York City as chairman of the venerable Kaufman Astoria Studios complex in Queens, died Tuesday in Florida, a publicist announced. He was 89. Click here to read the full article on the Hollywood […]
Long Island City and Astoria Grow Up Alongside Film Industry
The Epoch Times recently published an article noting the changes that Long Island City and Astoria have experienced with the rise of Kaufman Astoria Studios. Reporter Catherine Yang notes how real estate developer George Kaufmann started the change in 1980 with the purchase of the studio property, which had lain vacant and vandal-prone after the […]
Kaufman Astoria Opens City’s First Back Lot
The much ballyhooed backlot at Kaufmann-Astoria Studios has opened. The outdoor production space doubles the studio’s size, which now ranges over 12 acres and seven stages. The block-long space is behind the main studio building where Paramount – then Famous Players Lasky – had its start in 1920…
Steiner’s New Stages Spotlight Booming Production Scene
The opening of five new stages at Steiner Studios highlights the City’s surging production scene…