Well, everybody.... I did some research and listening while everybody was either complaining or disagreeing about someone else's opinion (which anyone is entitled to do).
First off, Naomi-- people from Hack do visit your wonderful restaurant who normally don't go. My cousin is in the artistic department, and knows first-hand, that not only does she eat there, but a lot of her co-workers. Not to conclude this about other restaurants, but I am sure that other departments from the filming crew get tired of the same old catering (except for the highly paid actors, I'm told) and eat locally. Other considerations, besides inconviencing our parking is our way of life, like someone previously wrote, about the lights in her home until midnight. But look on the bright side of things (bad pun) everyone, if we had to deal with Center City parking, we would have to park 4 or 5 blocks from our home almost always. Yes, we all wish they would give everyone a little more notice, and we don't live in Center City. But if you look at it from their prospective- They try getting all these permits and cooperation from the police and neighbors for a few hours of shooting with the possibility of rain shutting them down. I got a flyer in my mailbox asking if they could film the outside of my home. I haven't heard anything back when I asked "How much?" It must be a real nightmare for them too. And even though it sounds like I'm rooting for the "Away Team", I am not. I do not like that they take over blocks without much notice. We (the neighborhood community) should get more from them than $500 and a tree. (probably something they knocked down with their huge trailers?) I like hearing other people's opinions and facts. Does anyone have contact information with the people in charge of the placement of the "temporary no parking signs"? How much "ahead time" do they get? And don't they know it's illegal to staple them to trees! Dan Myers 215.901.0899 Certified Massage Practitioner ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Hotchkiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [UC] "Hack" filming in our neighborhood > The email address to the Film office is [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the office > that is supposed to "generally act as liaison between the production and the > local community" Don't blame the production, they're just trying to do their > jobs. If you weren't notified and feel you should have, contact them. > > Richard Hotchkiss > http://www.hotstrings-inc.com > > > > > From: Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Brian Siano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 20:14:43 -0400 > > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [UC] "Hack" filming in our neighborhood > > > > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:42:36 -0400, HarvestMoon3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> "Substantial impact on many people's lives" ? That's the falacy right > >> there! > >> > >> The impact of a Hack shoot is minimal at best, so there is no need to > >> make a > >> federal case of it. Let's take parking, for example.We are all much more > >> broadly impacted by the student "group homes" (parking and other issues) > >> than by any brief Hack shoot. [I'm changing the subject here.] And these > >> group homes impact us for 9 months a year at minimum. And that's just > >> one > >> example of "substantial impact". I'm sure there are many more. > > > > As I pointed out to Jeff in a previous post, the _fallacy_ of this argument > > is that _Hack_ is a _new_ development for our neighborhood. We know the > > students return every year, and we know they add to the parking problem. I > > won't say that we're "used" to it, or that people shouldn't complain about > > it. But there aren't many surprises on that particular point. > > > > The _Hack_ production, however, _is_ something new to our neighborhood. It > > affects specific streets at different times. It doesn't just affect the > > parking issue, as we've seen in previous messages. And unlike the return of > > the students, the benefit to our neighborhood's businesses is far from > > being a settled or established fact. > > > > The issue here is that the neighborhood was _not_ consulted. According to > > Sharrieff's notes, someone met with the production company, claimed to be > > "the community," got a promise of $500 and a tree, and didn't bother to > > tell anyone else about the deal. Especially not the people whose streets > > would be affected. > > > >> Yet, oddly > >> enough, I suspect that many of the people complaining (wah!) about Hack > >> are > >> the same people defending the right for illegal group houses to exist. > >> There's an awful lot of "me, me, me... I'm the center of the universe... > >> why > >> didn't somebody ask ME?" going on here. > > > > If you want to discuss group houses, Neil, feel free-- but, by complaining > > about them, you open yourself up to accusations of being self-centered, of > > whining "me, me, me," and "why didn't someone ask ME?" and everything else > > you've listed above. You may want to abandon that particular thread of > > argument. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > 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>. ---- 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>.
