A lovely day in the neighborhood?

[Christiern]

This photo was taken yesterday afternoon, a block away from where I live. A young tourist from Texas had been brutally stabber (12 times) on a southbound C Train, the assailant, who changed the young man's life for no apparent reason, had fled at the previous stop.

A block away, where I live, a rather large crew of workmen were putting the finishing touches on their elaborate conversion of an urban garden into a film set (they even brought their own trees). Tomorrow, they will be filming scenes there and in the street for "The Brave One," an "urban" WB thriller starring Jodie Foster, Terence Howard, Naveen Andrews and Mary Steenburgen.

These parallel events in my hood reminded me of something that happened a few years ago, when they were filming a TV crime drama across the street from me. Several actors were involved, including about ten who were dressed in NYPD uniforms. There was take after take, but suddenly a group of real uniformed police officers ran into the street from Central Park. They were chasing a real suspect! It was like a comedy routine with real and fake cops in the same mix.

What's happening in

your

neighborhood?

[7/4]

NJ Transit seems to be running ok today.

[sheldonm]

This photo was taken yesterday afternoon, a block away from where I live. A young tourist from Texas had been brutally stabber (12 times) on a southbound C Train, the assailant, who changed the young man's life for no apparent reason, had fled at the previous stop.

A block away, where I live, a rather large crew of workmen were putting the finishing touches on their elaborate conversion of an urban garden into a film set (they even brought their own trees). Tomorrow, they will be filming scenes there and in the street for "The Brave One," an "urban" WB thriller starring Jodie Foster, Terence Howard, Naveen Andrews and Mary Steenburgen.

These parallel events in my hood reminded me of something that happened a few years ago, when they were filming a TV crime drama across the street from me. Several actors were involved, including about ten who were dressed in NYPD uniforms. There was take after take, but suddenly a group of real uniformed police officers ran into the street from Central Park. They were chasing a real suspect! It was like a comedy routine with real and fake cops in the same mix.

What's happening in

your

neighborhood?

Chris,

What's the motive behind the stabbing, not that people need them these days? While I was in nyc last month, I rode cabs, busses and subways non stop, never felt concerned for my safety except when the bus driver stopped real quick on day one of my visit and threw one of the female passengers five seats forward; she was out cold!!!

I'm sure I was in your neck of the woods as well (central park west?) and thought it was great!

m~

[AllenLowe]

I saw a dead racoon in the road this morming - unless he was just napping - but I don't think he was murdered -

[JSngry]

Rabbitts & robins.

[sheldonm]

oh and I had two johovia's witness folks bang on my door yesterday!!! Where's your nyc assailant when you need them!

[7/4]

we don't know what the motive was. the attacker hasn't been found yet.

[JSngry]

Plano's Jehovah's Witness are actually pretty cool. Ring your doorbell, offer to leave you a few magazines, take no for an answer the first time, wish you a good day, and split. Bim, bam, boom, no hassle.

Certainly not the industry standard...

[AllenLowe]

"we don't know what the motive was. the attacker hasn't been found yet"

yes, but the police have been questioning all livestock within a 5 mile radius of where the racoon was found, and canvassing all chicken coops in the area. They'll get to the bottom of this -

[Jim Alfredson]

I had another windows salesperson stop by. Why they bother coming to a house with 100 year-old, 5-foot tall (and a couple that are 5 feet wide!) windows is beyond me. Do you really think I'm going to replace these hand-made, gigantic oak windows with some ugly plastic junk?

Besides that, nothing going on in the neighborhood.

[Dan Gould]

I had another windows salesperson stop by. Why they bother coming to a house with 100 year-old, 5-foot tall (and a couple that are 5 feet wide!) windows is beyond me. Do you really think I'm going to replace these hand-made, gigantic oak windows with some ugly plastic junk?

Your neighborhood attracts door-to-door window salesmen??

[Christiern]

Yesterday's crime scene is today's movie set. You may recognize the subway stop from the NYT photo in post #1. These are some photos I took about 2 hours ago--the film people have occupied about six blocks around my building (seen in the background here) and filled them with wind machines, trees, stacks of cement, a cement mixer, wood planks, bricks, and many, many huge trailers. One of these pictures is from my window.

[Jim Alfredson]

I had another windows salesperson stop by. Why they bother coming to a house with 100 year-old, 5-foot tall (and a couple that are 5 feet wide!) windows is beyond me. Do you really think I'm going to replace these hand-made, gigantic oak windows with some ugly plastic junk?

Your neighborhood attracts door-to-door window salesmen??

They are like flies around here. I get two per week, at least.

[Claude]

In the street where my parents live, a man was stabbed to death by his girlfriend

http://www.wort.lu/articles/5407776.html (in german)

[Jim Alfredson]

Not really my "neighborhood", but Okemos is a suburb of Lansing and I lived there while finishing my last two years of high school. And my mother (who passed away in 1997) worked for this man when she was just out of high school, right before she married my dad.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006606140331

Really messed up story.

[Big Al]

What's happening in your neighborhood?

Getting stuck for 2 hours in this, which caused me to miss my uncle's funeral: http://www.nbc5i.com/news/9368788/detail.html

Who says NY has the worst drivers?

[Jim Alfredson]

Who says NY has the worst drivers?

Not me. I think drivers in Chicago are far worse than drivers in NYC.

[Dan Gould]

Who says NY has the worst drivers?

Not me. I think drivers in Chicago are far worse than drivers in NYC.

Coming from the man who maneuvered a big-ass trailer around Greenwich Village, I'd take your word for it!

[sheldonm]

Who says NY has the worst drivers?

Not me. I think drivers in Chicago are far worse than drivers in NYC.

...been on the interstates around Boston???

[7/4]

NYC ain't nothin'. Try RT 1 in New Jersey. Meanest road I know.

[catesta]

Not today, but there could soon be a guy down the street from me that gets his head busted.

We'll see if he takes the nice calm advice I gave and stops his attempts to pick up my girlfriend's 16 year old daughter every time she walks by.

[sheldonm]

Not today, but there could soon be a guy down the street from me that gets his head busted.

We'll see if he takes the nice calm advice I gave and stops his attempts to pick up my girlfriend's 16 year old daughter every time she walks by.

.......Oh my!

[catesta]

Not today, but there could soon be a guy down the street from me that gets his head busted.

We'll see if he takes the nice calm advice I gave and stops his attempts to pick up my girlfriend's 16 year old daughter every time she walks by.

.......Oh my!

I guess I should add, the dude is probably a few years older than I am.

[Big Al]

Not today, but there could soon be a guy down the street from me that gets his head busted.

We'll see if he takes the nice calm advice I gave and stops his attempts to pick up my girlfriend's 16 year old daughter every time she walks by.

.......Oh my!

I guess I should add, the dude is probably a few years older than I am.

Ewwwwww!!!!

[Jim Alfredson]

Who says NY has the worst drivers?

Not me. I think drivers in Chicago are far worse than drivers in NYC.

...been on the interstates around Boston???

Yep. Chicago is worse.