Gothamist: LES Invaded by Beatniks!

Kate

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:02:22 -0500

Heh, they were filming earlier scenes for this up here at the Time & Life building in Rockefeller Center on Monday—50th street was lined with cars from the mid-60s and there were crowds of extras in skinny ties and pillbox hats. I took some photos: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kkbonamici/album?.dir=5c99&.src=ph&store=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kkbonamici/my_photos

jacob

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 11:26:01 -0500

I am going to curb my initial impluse to rage, insult and complain. I go by there on the way to work every day, and it is a great chance to check out some nice old mircobuses.

your sister's gay boyfriend

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:08:52 -0500

Welcome to two weeks ago, Gothamist!

Shahid

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:58:54 -0500

Hey! They were shooting a bit of it near my house! I took photos. You can check them out at www.flickr.com/photos/shahid/sets/1072473/ I wish Bono had come near my house! Maybe he'll be there when they shoot again this weekend.

Frank

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:07:36 -0500

Nice post. You saw that gadling did a thing about Lennon today. http://www.gadling.com/entry/1234000900064145/

C

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:58:22 -0500

this guy with the huge hair and beard looks like a typical hipster gone wrong...yeah you know if the hipster scum neglected to move out of williamsburg to the next trendy neighborhood and never got a job or a grasp on reality. fools.

Jen

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:26:47 -0500

Julie Taymor and Evan Rachel Wood make this movie already worth seeing. And Jackson: Rage on.

George Myers

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:24:34 -0500

It looks a little like the Village, of yore, "Panama Red" or an "Acapulco Gold" ice cream cone's all you need. Corners stenciled with "Castrate Rapists"? That was the West Village. Big "Zum Zum" serving Bavarian fast food on Washington Square Park, near NYU, serving Hell and Dunkel beer, by Restaurant Associates, they do museums and the US Open now I read. East Village I guess it was called, near the Fillmore East back before there were officially 40,000 casualties on an black armband in white lettering, of those that died in Southeast Asia.

Jackson West

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:06:27 -0500

Wait, am I supposed to get all angry that they're filming San Francisco scenes in NYC?

Kojak

Wed, 19 Oct 2005 18:50:33 -0500

Those pics are hilarious. Why hasn’t the NYPD taken action and deported these people out of state? The last thing New York needs are more drum-beating, tree-hugging Beatniks. Does federal law categorize attacking beatnicks as a hate crime?