Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Marty Scorsese's new HBO set "Boardwalk Empire" being built in Brooklyn, yo if you use a better camera & copy me, credit me!
Yo, I used my iphone, sadly iphone's have no zoom and I should not have to say this but if you figure out where this is, run there and photograph with your bigger better camera because you saw on it Suzannah B. Troy's blog, you heard about it from me, than duh, you credit my blog. Sad I should have to say that. To see it better, click on the photo.
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Mike Bloomberg is rushing a big tax break bill to Albany so we can have more tv and movies filmed here and I say HEY WHERE IS THE TRICKLE DOWN? Employee as many homeless, needy down and out people rather than turn them out of our parks or public spaces. If you park in front of a struggling small business buy everything you can in their store and help help help -- most people the film businesses inconveniences with constant filming in our neighbhorhoods are struggling and don't have the benefits, vacations, etc. Just like every Mike, it has been over the top difficult for regular people. I don't believe the struggling people of NY are feeling the trickle down. If the community board gets a donation than a complete accounting of the donation and how every penny is spent most be on the community board's website. (If you don't know what a community board is I can tell you it is the most democratic part of city government with people representing you that you did not vote for and sadly most people do not know when and where they meet or they have written them off because they don't feel they represent the community.)
ps Deep down I must want to be a stand up comic. I made New York's Finest laugh today.
I asked them where a certain street was and one young officer pulled out a gadget to look the street up. I confessed I had an iphone and I could do the same thing. I didn't tell them what a pain it would be! His partner told me he wants to get an iphone. I made a face and said the iphone is like high maintenance boyfriends, a lot of work! He said you must be dating the wrong guys. I asked them, really do you think there is anything out there but wrong ones? I mean are there any good ones out there that are single? These young men were convinced there are good ones and they are in the NYPD. I told them I am almost 47 which they didn't believe. Give them a raise! And that I want someone younger, lets say 45, no, 44 to 39, no 37, I just had them laughing. I remained cynical but I appreciated their youthful optimism.
Now a FDNY story, on Lafayette Street, I saw this very concerned young woman attempting to rescue a Dalmatian moseying along the sidewalk unescorted . I walked up to her and pointed to the firehouse. She was so embarrassed. I said don't be. I appreciated her caring and the dog's many owners (big buff firemen) lounging on the front of the fire truck not to far from their mascot out on the sidewalk. The firemen had no idea about 20 feet away a young woman was about to rescue their dog!
I find the streets of New York were more fascinating and entertaining than television any day!
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