The idea for the new show comes from an unlikely source: a book written by a New Jersey judge and historian. [Huffington Post]

As anyone who’s seen Steve Buscemi causally riding the F train, this guy’s one of us. He was born in this city, has fought fires in this city and, despite his success has resisted the urge to go all Hollywood on us. He still lives in a brownstone off Seventh Avenue in Park Slope and says he never wanted to relocate to LA. (New York Post)

Long before the first foot of film was shot for HBO’s new series “Boardwalk Empire,” producers were working to make sure they captured the look and vibe that permeated Atlantic City during the Roaring ’20s (pressofAtlanticCity.com)

Martin Scorsese is moving forward with his new series for HBO. The network has bought 12 episodes of Boardwalk Empire including the pilot, and Scorsese and his crew were seen filming recently in Brooklyn. (Paste Magazine)

Time lapse video of the boardwalk built in Brooklyn.

Reporting from New York - The sign on the chain-link fence warns “No Trespassing,” and a passerby walking through this industrial Brooklyn neighborhood wouldn’t think there was much to see beyond the barbed wire circling the lot, other than stacks of rust-colored shipping crates piled four high. (LA Times)

A  young man in short gray pants and argyle socks pushes a middle-aged couple in a rolling wicker chair.  A nurse in a starched white cap stands outside a storefront whose sign promotes the occupied “Baby Incubators” within. Nearby are Fralinger’s Salt Water Taffy, Babette’s Supper Club and an amusements and arcades pier. (NorthJersey.com-Read more)

Gretchen Mol has joined HBO’s upcoming drama series “Boardwalk Empire” as a recurring. (THR.com)

NEW YORK - You can see the Empire State Building from the Atlantic City boardwalk.

At least you can from the 300-foot section that in recent months has grown in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint section to provide a 1920s backdrop for HBO’s upcoming “Boardwalk Empire.”  (Philadelphia Daily News)