I can help on the geographic question. The Five Corners was basically in the area where the footprint of the Brooklyn Bridge is today (on the Manhattan side, of course), extending North to around Canal Street and somewhat west. The area was originally undesirable because it included a marshy area with a small lake. Tanners and the like worked around the lake and used it as a dumping/runoff area. The lake was hence called "The Collect." Although the lake was filled in, the area remained undesirable and became a nightmarish slum. I'm sure you can find maps on the web.
After a bit of googling, I have found it. The name was Five Points not Five Corners. The area is sandwiched in between Broadway, China Town and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Nothing remains of the 19th Century buildings, although there is currently an archaeological dig taking place. Foley Square courthouse has been built over much of the area.The dig is taking place in the shadow of the courthouse.
After a bit of googling, I have found it. The name was Five Points not Five Corners. The area is sandwiched in between Broadway, China Town and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Nothing remains of the 19th Century buildings, although there is currently an archaeological dig taking place. Foley Square courthouse has been built over much of the area.The dig is taking place in the shadow of the courthouse.
Leave it to an Englander to clear up a murky, domestic situation. Yes. 5 points. Five corners was a movie with nothing to do with the Irish tenements at 5 points. Thanks Block.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
If I'm not mistaken in my remote, uninformed location, it's not a place you want to be when the sun sets.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
Haven't seen this film and I'm a great admirer of Daniel Day Lewis's work. It's Leonardo DiCaprio who is hard for me to stomach- like with Tom Cruise, it's difficult unto impossible to view anything they're in. So I haven't seen this one or that cool otherwise looking Union officer fighting samurai in Japan movie. Guess I'll wait for the remakes with Antonio Banderas or Russell Crowe.
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After seeing Leonardo DiCaprio's good performances in "Gilbert Grape" and "This Boy's Life", he'll always seem like a kid trying to play an adult's role. I find it hard to take him seriously in anything else..
John W.
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He is pretty, though. Will refer to the ultimately gorgeous Brad Pitt in Legends of The Fall and A River Runs Through It. The pretty guy came off quite well. Leonardo might well hope for a similar manifestation of macho.
Ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
__________________ 'It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag'
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