Spike Pulls Plug on Dekalb HQ
It’s official: Spike Lee has moved his 40 Acres and a Mule production company out of its long-time headquarters at 124 Dekalb Avenue. A reader noticed movers coming and going last week and the drive-by this morning confirmed that the company’s big red flag had been taken down. A call to 40 Acres a few…
It’s official: Spike Lee has moved his 40 Acres and a Mule production company out of its long-time headquarters at 124 Dekalb Avenue. A reader noticed movers coming and going last week and the drive-by this morning confirmed that the company’s big red flag had been taken down. A call to 40 Acres a few minutes ago revealed that the company has consolidated its activities into one location. And, luckily, it’s not on the Upper East Side, where Lee decamped several years ago with his family. It’s just a block away at 76 South Elliott Place.
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Spike’s wife is from Atlanta and if you knew anything about Atlanta you’d know there is a long and well established black society in Atlanta. There’s even a black society page in the newspaper reporting on events and galas. Monied people who come from outside NYC are going to feel more comfortable in a house on the UES. It’s not that weird.
1:01, I used to live on the UES but wished I lived on the UWS (until I moved to Brooklyn, where I’m quite content). UWS has a much nicer vibe. More tangibly, the stores are more interesting, the streets seem wider and buildings shorter, thus it has a more open, sunny feel. Also has more parkland, although Carl Schurz Park on the East Side is definitely nice. Granted, there are fewer museums, but overall, I think it has much more character and mix of people.
1:05: And the 60s are the Social Register’s epicenter. Yes, the Lees are movin’ on up. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
It’s “Inside Man”, 12:35. You obviously don’t know Spike’s films either or you’d know which film that person referred to.
By the way, “Inside Man” is BRILLIANT. Your loss if you haven’t seen it.
25th Hour is so good that alone as a recent credit proves Spike Lee hasn’t gone downhill. You have no clue and you obviously just have a lot of jealousy towards him.
100% he lives on the Upper East Side. 63rd Street just east of Lexington. It’s the place with the cast iron gate in front of it. I guess he needs protection from all the old lunching ladies and their Yorkshire Terriers.
12:51: Money and, yes, religion and ethnicity (although softening somewhat). ES is also better maintained and, between Park and Fifth, with better architecture. More galleries, more museums, more private clubs, private schools. On and on and on. Not that the WS isn’t nice, but with the exception of the Museum of Natural History for the kids, why go?
“Guess you don’t spend too much time in either hood to notice the huge differences (above 72nd on the UWS, though).”
Exactly. That’s why I asked. I’ll ask again: What is the difference?
12:33: No, it’s the East Side.
12:40: You’re right. And Lee’s marriage is that not unusual New York combination of “art” and money.
There are black people in “society”, you know – Asian and Hispanic people, too. We aren’t all poor, and some of that money is quite old. They may not be out there like Paris Hilton, but they certainly exist.