'CITY' IN RUINS The De Niro flick used exteriors in New Jersey, since Long Beach's boardwalk was too nice
City by the Sea: Phillip V. Caruso
Nicholas Fonseca
Nicholas Fonseca watches ''Days of Our Lives'' religiously and thinks washing dishes by hand is the cheapest form of therapy on earth.
Q In ''City by the Sea,'' Long Beach, N.Y., is littered with burnt-out casinos and crack dens. Fair?
A Don't believe what you ''Sea.'' Although Long Beach suffered a downturn in the '60s -- mental patients and poor seniors filled the city's hotels -- today it's a hot day-trip spot. Filmmakers shot many exteriors in less-polished Asbury Park, N.J. (popularized by Bruce Springsteen). ''[Long Beach's] boardwalk was too nice,'' admits Matthew Baer, a producer. As Vincent LaMarca, on whom Robert De Niro's cop is based, notes, ''I'm sure the chamber of commerce is not happy!'' Chamber director Edmund Buscemi declined to comment on a film ''that's obviously fiction.''
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