Well, the Monday after GingerFest, we made a short jaunt from Olathe into downtown Kansas City to an area called "Film Row". This area was where the Hollywood studios would 'hub' their films for distribution to the rest of the country... Kansas City is a natural distribution hub for the nation, so... pretty cool. The exact location is on 18th Street between Wyandotte Street and Central Street...
...but what's the GINGERY angle, man?
Glad you asked...
Somewhere in the not-so-distant past, someone in KC decided to pay tribute to the local folks who ended up in Hollywood...and what better way to do that than with a ...Walk of Fame!
Of course, Our Girl is included, and here it is:
...and the obligatory "with Hu" pic:
...pretty cool, eh? There are a handful of others: Walt Disney, Jean Harlow, Joan Crawford, and Robert Altman... a pretty interesting group of folks from the KC area.
HERE is the link to the area... ...and below is the building the stars are in front of (Ginger's is right past that fire hydrant... ...an homage to "It Had To Be You", perhaps?) It was a bit odd that there was no 'museum' nearby, or at least that we could surmise, which would give detailed info on these folks... the building is just a 'professional building' (i.e., offices for whatever) - kinda weird there's not a "Hall of Fame" nearby... oh well, still pretty cool.
...and Greta thought this was a cool sign, which it is for the 'theme' of the area with an old car getting toted off:
Well... that's about it... ...neat to have another GingerySpot to check out when in Kansas City...
Hope all of y'all are doing well, and Keeping It Gingery!!!
Hu
---
No comments:
Post a Comment