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Province Street becomes a New York side street
By adamg on Sat, 02/19/2022 - 7:07pm
Matthew Broude shows us Province Street downtown, as crews get ready for a scene in a movie called "The Holdovers," in which Boston once again stands in for New York (hence the yellow cabs, of course) and Paul Giamatti plays a Deerfield Academy teacher everybody hates.
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Magoo sez
Say what now. Magoo
It should be called
the Carpetbaggers.
Why?
Chill, dude, it's a movie.
Someone needs to tell them that fake snow..
…. isnt dirty enough.
I heard they were going to be filming at the Brattle Book Shop today.
Especially not dirty enough for the time period
All that lovely coal burning and low-grade fuel oil burning in the winters used to add to the gray coating on the snow.
Even in the 1980s the air and grime were depressingly foul toward the end of the winter. I never under stood what that "hazy shade of winter" was until I moved east, and now you don't see it anymore.
Also filming in Saugus...
this week at the Continental Restaurant on Rt.1. Must be looking for authentic settings from the last century.
So for 56-80 million dollars
So for 56-80 million dollars a year we get to have studios use Boston as a stand in for NYC.
Sudden urge for a hot pastrami sandwich
That Sam LaGrassas sign did me in, I need to head in soon for one of their sandwiches.
I wasn't sure if LaGrassas
I wasn't sure if LaGrassas had survived the pandemic, sure hope they did, because their sandwiches rock.
They did
My wife loves the place and went in for sandwiches around Christmas.
Aaaaah
LaGrassa's pastrami, and swiss, on rye. My favorite sandwich ever.
Does anyone in New England make pastrami that good? Even Rein's or Katz's?
You can't find better pastrami
Sam LaGrassa's makes pastrami better than the late, great Carnegie Deli. Each and every time, I got the Pastrami Po'Boy, with a half sour pickle and steak fries. Last time I was there was November 2020, when it was warm and I could eat outside. Mamaleh's over in Kendall Square is OK, but they smoke their pastrami and corned beef; it's good, but not as good as Sam LaGrassa's.
Howie Carr is a proud
Howie Carr is a proud Deerfield grad.
The movie seems to be
The movie seems to be primarily set at Deerfield. Why do they need NYC?