nickcarr
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Philly, You’ve Changed: The “Rocky” Filming Locations, 1976 and Today
Rocky is so damn big of a movie, its title doesn’t even fit in one frame. For THE film that literally defined Philadelphia on the silver screen, let’s, er, get the first location out of the way quickly. The movie opens, and we find Rocky fighting in a grungy, down-and-out Philly gym… …that was actually…
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Philly, You’ve Changed: The Sixth Sense Filming Locations, Then and Now
In the past few weeks, we’ve had a non-stop surge of shitty surprises, to the point that it’s as though each new crappy surprise is trying to outdo the previous one. The world really feels like it needs all the good surprises it can get, so what the hell, here’s a super tiny tiny one:…
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The Incredible Secret of the Pool at the Hotel St. George
On Monday, I wrote an article about the Hotel St. George’s former pool and my attempts to find any hidden remnants that managed to survive. As it turns out, I missed the biggest secret of all… It might still be there. After I posted the original article, I received an email from a man who…
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Searching for the Lost Pool at the Hotel St. George
A few months ago, I was researching Brooklyn’s Hotel St. George for my article on The Godfather’s shooting locations… …and found myself fascinated by its former indoor pool, now long gone: Once the largest hotel in the United States and occupying an entire city block of interconnected buildings in Brooklyn Heights, the 30-story Hotel St.…