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Sarah Le
Today our National Park Service turns 100. To celebrate this monumental milestone, the NPS offers free admission to all 412 of our nation's national parks from today, August 25 through August 28. There will be plenty of park activities, such as astronomy night hikes and guided tours, to celebrate the centennial.
Wavehaus is a unique home located in Northport, New York, featuring a wall of curving fiberglass facing the Long Island Sound and staircases resembling the inside of a giant nautilus.
All these movies all have one thing in common: Shutter Island, The Light At The Edge of The World, The Fog, A Very Long Engagement, Breaking The Waves, Final Analysis, Forever Young, Snow Falling On Cedars, Half Light, and Jaws. Can you guess what it is? They were all set and/or filmed in a lighthouse.
Finding a real lighthouse that allows filming is no easy task. Fortunately for filmmakers, Connecticut has an atmospheric and historic lighthouse to offer as a film location. Peck Ledge Lighthouse, also known as Cockenoe Lighthouse, is now available for film and television productions. It's a 'spark-plug' style lighthouse off the coast of Westport, Connecticut, along the northeast end of the Norwalk Islands in Long Island Sound.
If your production is looking for a cool, beachy filming location, Surf Central is a perfect candidate. A two-family, three-story beach house built in 2009 in Rockaway Beach, New York, Surf Central's roof-top terrace offers panoramic views of the ocean and the beach.
Built in the late 19th century when West Oakland was the transcontinental railroad terminus, this Historic Italianate Home in the San Francisco Bay Area has retained all of its original craftsman features. Period details include extensive wainscoting, generous windows, and repurposed vintage furnishings. Located just ten minutes from downtown San Francisco in the eclectic Lower Bottoms neighborhood, this bay area home is an ideal film set with limitless options.
A premiere lifestyle shop in San Diego, SD Wheel Works is now an available filming location. With 5,700-sf of usable indoor space divided into a modern retail space, a warehouse with half pipe & car collection, and a custom machine shop, SD Wheel Works is a film-ready set.
If you were one of the lucky ones to have caught AMC's The American West when it premiered this past Saturday, you might have noticed the authentic "wild west" settings featured in the mini-series. Filmed in West Virginia in 2015, The American West is an eight-part mini-series produced by Robert Redford and Laura Michalchyshyn (through their company Sundance Productions) and Stephen David (through his company Stephen David Entertainment).
TheLAB is a custom tailored 12,000-sf production space in Hawthorn, California, with multiple rooms, each with different themes that will accommodate any type of production.
Available for shoots, private events, and creative functions, theLAB's main stage has 14,000-watt JBL Sound System complete with Programmable Wireless Mixing Console, DMX Console for moving geads and wireless lighting. There is also an hourglass backdrop and Trussing Rouge Lounge for production use.
Texas is well-known for its rich film heritage. The Lone Star State has hosted many feature films and television series within the past century. To celebrate the state's filmmaking legacy, the Texas Film Commission recently launches "a curated series of self-guided Texas Film Trails" featuring Texas locations used in iconic films.
To kick-off the series is the film trail of possibly the most quintessential Texas filmmaker of all time (and one of my personal favorites) Richard Linklater. The Texas Film Commission proudly announced its inaugural trail in honor of the director earlier this month.
The Schombert Modern Bungalow is a renovated, mid-century bungalow situated on 18 acres of private forest land, Overlooking a beautiful pond and small winding river, the property has breathtaking views of open meadow and the surrounding woods.
Situated in the historic Village of Lewiston and a few miles from Niagara Falls and the wine country, this Historic Greek Revival Mansion retains all its original architecture features, both interior and exterior. Built in 1815, the 6000-sf mansion is situated on two acres of hilltop land overlooking the beautiful waters of the Niagara Gorge and Canada beyond. The charming Village of Lewiston has been at the center of American history for over two hundred years.
"Once upon a time, there was a talented graphic designer who created a very unique map for his wife. This map was so special that soon the rest of the world heard about it and couldn't wait to see it in person." That could be the perfect opening line for the story we're about to share with you. The graphic designer is Tim Ritz. One day, as he was watching the 1940s British television show Foyle's War with his wife Kolleen, she asked him where the series was set. Tim pulled out his post-it note and drew a map to show her where Hastings was. His post-it-note drawing was so good that his wife continued asking him where the film locations of her other favorite British shows were, Downton Abbey and Pride & Prejudice. Tim decided to create the ultimate U.K. film location map for Kolleen. A decision that we all now get to profit from.
This rock-star 4700-sf oceanfront beach house, with endless luxury amenities, is located on prestigious Dune Road in West Hampton Dunes. Facing the world-class sugar white beaches of the Hamptons, the house is private and exclusive. Only homeowners and house guests can use the beach behind the property since there is no public access to the beach.
2015 was a busy year for the film industry in Savannah. More than 270 productions filmed in Chatham County alone, a record for this historic southern city. “This is by far the biggest investment by the entertainment production industry in Savannah to date,” said Trip Tollison, President and CEO of Savannah Economic Development Authority.
Villa Totano is a converted 11th Century monastery in beautiful Italian countryside. Situated high atop the medieval town of Amelia in Umbria, the views surrounding Villa Totano is breathtaking. Think Enchanted April, A Good Year, and Under The Tuscan Sun, to name a few movies that were shot in locations with similar views.
Sisters of St. Joseph is a beautiful property dating from the early 1900s. Situated on 211 acres of lush gardens, orchards, pine trees and organic farm in Brentwood, New York, this location can easily stand in as the setting of Ida.
Savannah has been buzzing with filming activities recently. Chris Evans (Captain America), Octavia Spencer (The Help) and the cast and crew of Gifted was in town shooting the movie earlier this fall. The production set up camp on Bull Street to film at the Bull Street Library.
Skylands Lodge is a modernist mountain house situated on a gated 3.5-acre lot in Highland Lake, New Jersey, an hour drive from New York City. In addition to the interesting modern architecture, Skylands Lodge is uniquely famous for its breathtaking views.
Every year around this time, I look forward to the new batch of Holiday movies gracing the big screens. This year, leading the list is the heartwarming Love The Coopers, a Christmas movie filmed in one of my favorite cities ... Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Directed by Jessie Nelson (I Am Sam), Love The Coopers features an A-list ensemble that includes Diane Keaton, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Marisa Tomei, Olivia Wilde, Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, Jake Lacy, and many more.
Clayton Acres is a Pan Abode Cedar House located in Surrey, British Columbia. The beautiful log home is surrounded by spacious green lawn, mature trees, and a long driveway.
