Johnny Depp Was Here

This apartment building at 6 Gilson Road was recently turned into Whitey Bulger's 16-year hideaway in Southern California for the film, "Black Mass," which will be released in 2015. Johnny Depp stars as Whitey Bulger, the Boston-Irish crime boss and leader of the Winter Hill gang.  (The apartment building was built in 1963, for my Thursday Old House followers.)

Blue Light District

A few more lumen were needed to light up the classroom movie set inside the old Quincy High School yesterday ... perhaps a little rear projection. I like the light operator on the scaffolding soaking up some solar lighting.

Hollywood Comes To Quincy

The old Quincy High School is almost ready for action as Columbia Pictures gets set to film "Here Comes The Boom" starring Kevin James and Selma Hayek. The old high school, built in 1922, will be demolished after the filming is completed.

Go Goliath

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Goliath dominated the landscape and economy of Quincy for many years. The gantry crane, once the world’s largest at 328 feet tall, has been a Quincy landmark since it was built 33 years ago. The shipbuilding industry in Quincy has been idle for two decades. The glorious "shipbuilding age" in Quincy will have its final chapter written with the sale of Goliath. It will be dismantled and moved to the Romanian coast where shipbuilding is a growing industry.

Has anyone seen the movie, The Departed? The warehouse to the left is where the final shootout scene was filmed. Quincy, located just south of Boston, would like to host more movie shoots.