Correction: Pille Moretti's name was misspelled in an earlier version of this article.

Parts of the City of Poughkeepsie are being transformed.

Automobiles from the past will soon occupy streets. Buildings are being renovated to turn back the clock by decades. In August, some roads will be covered in dirt and traveled by horses and buggies.

It's all to provide the backdrop for a sprawling six-part HBO limited series, the filming for which begins in the city on Tuesday and will continue periodically for months.

“I Know This Much is True,” stars Mark Ruffalo as twin brothers in a story that spans much of the 20th century. While filming in Dutchess is already underway, the filming in the city begins 10 p.m. Tuesday and is expected to run through Wednesday evening, according to city Councilman Chris Petsas, D-1st Ward. The filming will impact Talmadge Street, Delafield Street, Mt. Carmel Place, Hoffman Street, Verrazano Boulevard and Bain Avenue.

And, Petsas said crews should be back in Poughkeepsie every other three or four weeks to continue the shoot. A home on Delafield Street, which is where one of the twins portrayed by Ruffalo lives, will change over the course of the production, he said.

Work was underway last week at the home. Petsas said the man who had been living in the house on Delafield Street has relocated and the residence has been rented for the production for seven months.

Neighborhood residents received a letter from Calling Grace Productions LLC in their mailboxes last week discussing the impact of the shoot this week.

“It’s exciting... that (HBO) picked this little place out of the whole state of New York,” said Petsas, who organized a Sunday afternoon meeting between residents and Calling Grace Productions, which was closed to the media. “They’re welcoming for people to come down and watch the filming, but they’re going to have locations where those folks can watch it safely."

Future plans for the 19th century

The meeting, attended by dozens of people who live on the streets selected for filming, provided a glimpse into the shoot that’s expected to last through September with sets that change as the story progresses through the years. Petsas said scenery will include everything from period-specific automobiles, to evolving home decorations, to horse-drawn carriages and oxen.

The series, which also stars Ulster resident Melissa Leo along with Kathryn Hahn, Rosie O’Donnell and Juliette Lewis, is set for a 2020 release.

Pille Moretti, a 54-year-old Mt. Carmel Place resident, said she learned Sunday that the first floor of the building in which she lives will be turned into a shoe store from the early 19th century, and part of her street will be transformed into a dirt-covered road. Petsas said those sets aren't expected until August.

But Moretti, an Estonian immigrant, said she’s excited to see her block look as if it were in a different era.

“There will be... all these buggies, horses. They said there will be vegetables and food on the street, and flowers and all the cars,” Moretti said. “It’s so exciting — to look out the window and see all that stuff in the process.”

Impact on parking, residents

Parking will be off-limits on Talmadge Street, Delafield Street, Mt. Carmel Place and Hoffman Street from about 10 p.m. Tuesday until 9 p.m. Wednesday, Petsas said, and area residents have been asked to move their cars to different secure lots.

There will be intermittent closures at the intersection of Hoffman and Delafield streets during filming, near the house on Delafield, he said.

Parking will not be allowed on either Verrazano Boulevard or Bain Avenue from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, according to Petsas.

On Tuesday, large trucks will come into the area and take up space on city streets, signifying the beginning of the shoot, Petsas said. At the meeting, he said residents were assured by the production representatives that they will be accommodated if they have concerns about issues such as parking or the bright lights for filming.

Residents in the neighborhood will be able to have their windows blacked out so shining lights won’t interrupt them at night, he said. Those in attendance at the meeting received cell phone numbers for production representatives.

Jack Howland: jhowland@poughkeepsiejournal.com, 845-437-4870; Twitter: @jhowl04