One long block parks about 30 cars if there are no driveway cuts. A short block parks about 15. So they are taking maybe 135 spaces.
Returning students take far more spaces than this all the time, every day, nine months a year. We enjoy the extra space every summer and get used to its absence in the winter. Why is filming so different? Both have associated hassles and both have economic benefits. If no one were filming here, I'd wager someone would start a thread about how someone should film, how we could market ourselves so someone would. ;-) It's nice to be popular, isn't it? Complaining about what a drag it is to be popular is a delicate thing. -Jeff On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 04:00:49PM -0400, Paul Grossman wrote: > [68 lines, 570 words, 3236 characters] Top characters: eotanish > > The parking situation when Hack is filmed is terrible. They don't just take > up one block, they take up 4-5 blocks with all of their trucks and vans. It > makes it very hard to find any parking at all. I noticed on one occasion a > neighbor of mine left his car on the street and went out of town. Hack did > one of their film shoots while he was gone and when he returned his car was > gone. 1st thing he assumed was that it had been stolen. What had happened > is the city towed the car about 6 blocks away but never told anyone. Maybe > if the neighborhood had been given ample warning this would never have > happened. I can understand if they want to do a shoot that they use one or > two blocks but to block off 4 or 5 blocks at a time for a few days when they > are only filming on one block just doesn't make sense to me. Do the actors > really need 5 trailers? > > -Paul Grossman > 4625 Pine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian Siano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 3:44 PM > Subject: [UC] "Hack" filming in our neighborhood > > > > About two weeks ago, I was talking with a friend, and he complained a bit > > about the parking situation when _Hack_ films in the neighborhood. I sorta > > of made conciliatory noises (I don't own a car, and I like the idea that > my > > neighborhood's such a great location), but he complained about how nobody > > seemed to have _asked_ anyone about the production coming into the > > neighborhood. Ive since spoken to several people who live on blocks where > > filming's happened, and I heard the same story; it's as if someone had > > decided that the "filming next day" signs were all the warning the > > neighborhood needed. > > > > Production companies aren't usually that callous, and there's the city's > > film production office to deal with, so it's my guess that the producers > of > > _Hack_ must have spoken to _someone_ about filming in our neighborhood. > > Whoever or whatever that was, they didn't seem to have notified anybody > > about the way _Hack_'s production would affect our neighborhood. > > > > Now I'm watching the students return, and there's the more-than-usual glut > > of cars along our streets, and I'm wondering if any local production in > the > > fall's going to create even _more_ problems. And frankly, I'd rather not > > have _Hack_ move into some other place for filming; like I said, it's > > another reason to be proud of the neighborhood. > > > > So I'd like to throw out a general, open-question thing to this list. Has > > there been any kind of open community discussion about this? Has there > been > > any attempt to develop methods for handling the parking situation? Has > > production helped out local economy in any big way (i.e., does the crew > > ever eat food that's not catered?) Has anyone experienced any impact-- > > good, bad, whatever-- as a result of the production? > > > > > > > > ---- > > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
