Is That Really DC? Spielberg Film Transforms Brooklyn Neighborhood Into '14th Street' (Photos)

WASHINGTON — You can spot a cavalcade of boxy Cadillacs lining the curb, and the street sign says 14th Street NW. But this isn’t actually D.C.’s famous strip in the 1970s.

It’s a New York City neighborhood temporarily sent through the time machine for an upcoming Steven Spielberg-directed movie.

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The boxy sedans line the curbs of a Brooklyn Heights neighborhood designed to (loosely) mimic D.C.’s 14th Street in the 1970s for an upcoming Steven Spielberg movie about the Pentagon Papers. (Courtesy Jason Rabinowitz)\n"},{"type":"photo","media":"

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The boxy sedans line the curbs of a Brooklyn Heights neighborhood designed to (loosely) mimic D.C.’s 14th Street in the 1970s for an upcoming Steven Spielberg movie about the Pentagon Papers. (Courtesy Jason Rabinowitz)\n"},{"type":"photo","media":"

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Twitter user Jason Rabinowitz captured crew members preparing the street for shooting, even snapping a picture of one member of the crew hanging a green D.C. street sign up at the corner. (Courtesy Jason Rabinowitz)\n"},{"type":"embed","media":"

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