 Although the exteriors were largely shot in New York,  Wes Anderson (qv) intentionally avoided virtually all shots of  skyscrapers or other distinctive New York landmarks. In one scene,  Royal and Pagoda are talking in Battery Park (on the southern tip of  Manhattan) and Anderson intentionally had Kumar Pallana (qv)  (Pagoda) stand directly in front of the Statue of Liberty so it  wouldnt show up in the shot.