The two church scenes at Saints Peter and Paul are followed by action, not on Hudson Street, as we might expect, but in Church Square Park on Willow Avenue (the park is bounded by Willow, Garden Street, Fourth Street and Fifth Street). The facade of a different church, Our Lady of Grace (OLG) is prominent in the background. Apparently, art and set designer Richard Day decided that the interior but not the exterior of Saints Peter and Paul suited his purposes, and vice versa with OLG. (Who's to argue? His efforts did, after all, earn him an Academy Award.) In the aftermath of their narrow escape, Terry tries to get to know Edie better, first by telling her that he remembers her, in braids and braces, from grade school ("You was really a mess."), then by inquiring about her current life ("What do you do up there? What? Just study?") They are accosted by the same bum who will later be hired over Terry in the second shape up. The interloper refers to Joey as a saint, and hints that Terry was present the night of his death. Terry and Edie stroll through Church Square Park until the camera angle shifts. Then they reappear in Elysian Park more than half a mile away on Hudson Street, between Tenth and Eleventh. The obvious motivation was to take advantage of OLG in the background as the camera faced west, and of the waterfront behind the characters as the camera faced east. The scene ends with the couple walking south along the iron fence towards Castle Point Terrace, which can be seen in the background. After Father Barry rebuffs him in Saints Peter and Paul's upper church, the conscience-stricken Terry catches the priest, again incongruously, in Church Square Park. Here, Terry confesses that he "set Joey Doyle up for the knockoff." Following the pattern set in the Terry-Edie scene, the priest and the ex-fighter are, all of a sudden, in Elysian Park, where Barry, standing with his back to the iron fence on the east of Elysian Park, advises Terry to tell Edie. In the background is the Maxwell House Coffee plant (since torn down to be replaced by condos); in the far background is the old Pennsylvania Railroad Marine Division Repair Yard (now Union Dry Dock). 
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