Sunday, May 10, 2009

Before Hollywood, there was Fort Lee

I was so anxious whether I would like Fort Lee, but it's turning out to be for the better. Yes, the Kanghood has moved and...we have windows!!! I know, most people do. But...we have windows!! And we are so excited about...our windows! T & I can't keep from grinning over the fact that...we have windows! You have to have known our former 'hood of a basement apartment to fully appreciate this. Nothing against home #1. We were so blessed in that place and I know that was where we were meant to be in that season of our life. But we often felt squashed by the low ceilings and small windows which peered into bushes 75% of the time.


Anyways, our windows overlook houses, trees, and the magnificent...highway. But we like the pretend that the whooshing noise of cars whizzing by are actually ocean waves lapping onto a beautiful serene beach. :) Slowly and surely our new place is coming together, and we welcome visitors! And especially for film fanatics, another reason to visit (besides the wealth of good korean food, view of Manhattan, etc.):

Excerpts from this NY Times article:

"NEARLY a decade ago, two Jersey guys with a love of movies started spreading the state’s best kept secret: New Jersey (don’t laugh) was the birthplace of American cinema.
“Before Hollywood, there was Fort Lee,” said Tom Meyers, executive director of the Fort Lee Film Commission.

“When you’re looking at the entire history of movies, most people just think Hollywood,” said Jon Wilkman, who is producing “Moguls and Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood” for TCM. “But a good portion of that history is in New Jersey, and a huge part of that is Fort Lee. It was a real breeding ground for filmmakers.”

From 1910 to 1918, Fort Lee flourished because it was a quick ferry ride from New York City, and because it had everything a location scout could want: streets, woods, farms, waterfalls, fields, saloons and, most dramatically, the Palisades"...

2 comments:

  1. Hey, do you guys have any windows in your new place? haha, congrats!

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  2. i'm going to take you up on that offer for a visit this summer...but first, namibia!!! :)

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