Just another day in New York City...
Walked out of my apartment building early this afternoon. Waved hello to the guys smoking on the sidewalk, waiting to get their methadone treatments at the clinic right there. One of them dressed in full clown regalia, makeup and all. Didn’t have time to stop and ask what THAT was all about. Got distracted because they were shooting a movie on my street.
All the telltale signs. Huge trucks lining the street, crews in jeans and t-shirts running around, thick cables all over the place. Turns out it’s not a movie, but a new drama for NBC. No one I asked seemed to know the name of it. But they were shooting scenes inside the gym on the corner. Tried to peek in, but couldn’t see anything.
Actually my block seems to be popular with the movie and TV folks. There are shoots, it seems, every couple of months or so. The most exciting one for me (and for my parents who were visiting that weekend from DC) was when they blew up the store at the Northwest corner of the block, just two doors past my apartment. They were shooting Bruce Willis in Die Hard 2 (or was it 3???). This was back in the early ‘90’s, I think.
Our street was blocked off so no one could drive or walk through the elaborate scenario that had been set up. Cars and cabs, bicyclists, pedestrians, and most importantly, lots and lots of STUNT PEOPLE positioned along the avenue. And movie explosion experts wiring up the entire front area of a store that faced the avenue.
That store, which has been gone for many years now, was a huge space jammed with all kinds of Oriental rugs, furniture, curios….you name it, they had it. All I could think of was, the movie moguls must have paid them an awful lot of money for them to agree to blow up the front of their own store!
A big crowd was gathered on the opposite side of the avenue, with police and movie crew blocking our way, some young kid bellowing importantly into a megaphone to stay away! Don’t cross the police line, you’ll get hurt! Everyone straining to get a look. Firefighters in full gear, standing by in case there was a huge screwup, I guess.
Anyway, it was very exciting when they finally got around to blowing everything up.
But, as usual, I digress. Back to the present. Okay, first, there’s a film crew working right in front of my building, And of course that inexplicable clown. The day seems to be starting out well!
I get into a cab. Within five blocks, we have an accident. My driver rear-ends the cab in front of him. Oh boy.
Both cabbies leap out of their taxis, waving their arms and shouting. They glare at each other, then both glare at the point where the two taxis meet…the bumpers.
“What do you think you’re DOING, man????!!!! This from the cabbie whose cab we hit.
“What do you think YOU’RE doing????!!!
“NO, YOU hit me! So what you DOING??!!
“NO, YOU …….”
Well,, you get the picture. Still, what could have escalated into something really ugly did not. No one was hurt. It was a minor bump. Sometimes, though, that is not enough to stave off craziness and fisticuffs. Or even worse. But this time, after a few minutes of satisfying hollering, both men stop, almost on cue. They look at each other, shrug, and start heading back to their respective cabs.
Only, as a parting shot, the driver of the cab we collided with, picks up a big yellow paint chip that is lying there on the street, and tosses it to my driver. “Here”, he says, “take your cab with you!”
And so begins another New York day!
P.S. I am not being more specific about where the movie shoot is because I am still trying to lure you into guessing where in New York I live. (refer to "Try to Guess Where I Live in New York....:") There are clues in this blog, too.

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Fun blog post. It's the little things like this that keep me in the city year after year.
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Kaity, glad that u were able to walk away f/ that 1.. handled too many accidents invol. tons of cabbies w/ 2 many unnec. injuries..Lots of taxi passengers don't realize the danger they r in when riding in those assault vehicles.
Really enjoy your blogs about New York. You never know what you're going to encounter every day as you head out the door. Laurie
Kaity,
Good story; but need to answer the burning question from last week: how tall??
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