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NBCU says take Bike Path Uphill past Citywalk
Thread started by OverTheHill at 02.27.08 - 7:04 am

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nice find. FUCK UNIVERSAL STUDIOS

that whole shitty walk complex has been the bane of the area. they BLOCKED the 101 N from connecting with the 134 east way back in the 60's. there has to be something we can do to push this bike path through along the river that would be the SHIT!



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 7:11 am

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Hipocracy from a major Hollywood studio? I'm shocked.



0gravity
02.27.08 - 8:43 am

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What I want to know is how in the fuck the city didn't retain an easement along the freeekin LA river in its entirety in the freeeeekin first place. Ridiculous. Who do we call and agitate about this??



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 8:54 am

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@RB
just read the article. The LA river is theee perfect bike path (potentially) Can we get a petition or something? WHo can we call?

Trust a city to give it all away to their buddies, at least in LA



Limeyfly
02.27.08 - 9:04 am

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Aww they're concerned about their wittle business.

After what they said about the scripts, I feel like they gave us all a great idea for a prank.



kyber
02.27.08 - 9:23 am

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We should do a protet ride through the area. Pass out informational flyers to tourists. Tell them to go anywhere, Highland and Hollywood, Disneyland, etc. Boycott Universal until they agree to a bike path and other environmentally friendly projects. They want to build a housing development and another studio above the Metro Station?!!! Not unless we get our damn river bike path!




skd
02.27.08 - 9:28 am

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oh my fucking god I cant tell you how much HAVOC me and my crew of skate rat tagger punks used to wreak on that fuckin place. whew!!!! light fires in the elevator lobby trash cans? check. Steal security golf carts and roll the lot? check. lead downhill chases onto the 101 off ramp with the security jeep in high speed pursuit? check. smash the big window at the sheraton parking garage elevator lobby? check. smoke bowls in the Psycho house? check. smash security car window as they try to raid 7 cars deep? check. escape from the security booth after getting tackled and "arrested"? check. grind up every freeeking painted curb? check. bunch of juveniles it started as a downhilling / skate spot but became this whole other adventure of getting chased every freeking fucking night hahahahah fucking my god... I think that's why they finally hired the sheriffs we were too hot to handle!!



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 10:01 am

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I meant to say some friends of aquaintences I sort of knew back in the day did all that stuff I just heard about it.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 10:18 am

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After reading the article it looks like the city has a lot of leverage here - Universal is looking for approval to put in a large residential complex. Not that I want to see that happen, but it seems like giving up a few feet of river access would be a small price for them to pay for that.

Also, I'm surprised that the phrase "eminent domain" hasn't been mentioned.



mr rollers
02.27.08 - 10:21 am

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having lived in the area all my life I can tell you that eminent domain means diddly squat to Universal studios. they'v crushed all types of shit. it's because of Universal that there is no way to go 101 N to 134 E. so you have to take Barham over the hill into Burnbank a major traffic nightmare. Universal is completely evil. fuck em



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 10:30 am

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What I want to know is how in the fuck the city didn't retain an easement along the freeekin LA river in its entirety in the freeeeekin first place.


About a month ago I read another article in the LA Times about extending or finishing the bike path south of Fletcher to the Arroyo. The reason it took them years was that they had to negotiate with each owner along the river and one in particular who was holding out and took them to court.

They had an easement already but technically it was for flood control only not for bike path. They ended up paying a few hundred bucks each parcel owner and 2K to the guy who took them to court. I think he wanted 20K.

Right now, I believe the back entrance to Universal is the easement/service road. It's public property and Universal has been using it exclusively for themselves. As for Spielberg's "office" by the river, it's a fuckin trailer.

PS: RB I didn't know that you ummm... your friends were such a menace to society. You always seem to be so law abiding.

In today's article Tom LaBonge is quoting as saying; "They don't seem to understand that this is top priority for me".



marino
02.27.08 - 10:39 am

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Indeed Mr. Rollers, eminent domain, should be used to seize Universal studios property (after paying them market value, which has depreciated since the subprime lending debacle and recession).
The public good and transportation needs outweighs that of a private landowner.



skd
02.27.08 - 10:46 am

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"PS: RB I didn't know that you ummm... your friends were such a menace to society. You always seem to be so law abiding. "

I.... I mean those weird creepy kids from down the street appear to have calmed down in their old age.....



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 10:46 am

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"The public good and transportation needs outweighs that of a private landowner."


not necessarily in the land of capitlism... big bank takes little bank



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 10:47 am

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Ooops... I forgot to finish...

In today's article Tom LaBonge is quoting as saying; "They don't seem to understand that this is top priority for me".

I have to say MEGA-KUDOS to Ingrid for organizing the Tom LaBonge 4th street ride last year. That was the most effective pro-bike political action of last year.

We can go to friggin city council meetings and wait for hours till we turn blue but the secret sauce is not to bring the bicyclists to the city council but the council members to the bike rides.





marino
02.27.08 - 10:48 am

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Wow, yet another reason to hate my employer.

Considering all the "GREEN" initiatives we're going through this makes us the BIGGEST FUCKING HYPOCRITES ON THE PLANET!!!



toweliesbong
02.27.08 - 10:54 am

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emeninant domain sucks but this is clearly an issue of the city retaining a right to an easment along side the fucking banks of the LOS ANGELES river!!



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 10:57 am

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The city should institute their "eminent domain" right. A bike path is a public transportation project that could ease traffic and pollution for the whole community and provide an alternative method for commuting.

It could also offer health benefits to those who wish to control obesity and implement a disease preventative regiment.






skd
02.27.08 - 11:08 am

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this is interesting conversation. I don't think many of you, on this thread went to the first BAC/storm the bastille meeting. That meeting had many people from this community, blasting the waste, of putting so much resources into the the LA Rive bike path, when those funds could have put into projects on routes that bicyclist actually use.

I'm not saying I agree or dis-agree. I'm just saying that what was said.

The beauty of Universal saying that, their 'rich and powerful' can have "their offices" in front of the River, but everybody else, has to go away from that area, just for their 'rich and powerful executive's' security.
Sorry regular folks, we can mix our rich. with you common people, would be too dangerous.
to quote MC FLOW of SD,,,,,,,"FUCK THAT"



sexy
02.27.08 - 11:11 am

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Sexy it's a catch 22.
LA river bike path would be a very good thing. Many beginning riders would only ride on a dedicated bike path. But if it's going to be paved in gold, cost millions of dollars per mile and drain every available bike transportation dollar from the rest of the city then yes it's a waste of time and money.



marino
02.27.08 - 11:23 am

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the city "should" do all kinds of stuff but we're forgetting that this is capitalism - big bank takes little bank



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 11:23 am

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"their 'rich and powerful' can have "their offices" in front of the River, but everybody else, has to go away from that area, just for their 'rich and powerful executive's' security."

Just like beach access in Malibu and trail access in the Santa Monica mtns.

You're right, FUCK THAT.



toweliesbong
02.27.08 - 11:25 am

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how about a bicycle ride to disrupt universal studios daily operations? is there a Universal City Critical Mass?



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 11:28 am

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We should start a special Universal City Critical Mass, just to put across our point.



skd
02.27.08 - 11:32 am

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fuck I still cant get over how much we took shit to the limit at that place. holy fuck. pre-shitty walk days mind you. the sheriffs run that spot now.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 11:37 am

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Yes, I agree that putting the money where it can do the most good is important, but I think that the more the river bike path becomes continuous the more usable it will become.



mr rollers
02.27.08 - 11:39 am

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"their 'rich and powerful' can have "their offices" in front of the River, but everybody else, has to go away from that area, just for their 'rich and powerful executive's' security."


if this wasnt a big bank takes little bank system we could tell these lil rich bitches how it REALLY is. you scared of the public? go hide in your castle.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 11:41 am

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Crit-Mass swarms Shitty Walk!



Joe Borfo
02.27.08 - 11:43 am

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Yeah we should do a swarm near the ides of March.
It would be Shakespearean and poetic.



skd
02.27.08 - 11:45 am

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The Universal corporation is in the process of recreating a "The Truman Show" real life set in there back lot by building a gated community with school, gym, market the whole nine to achive ultimate control over there employees. With that in mind they are trying to enclose the whole area including the river off to any kind of pedestrianism. Now can you imagine a bike path running through there precious private enclosed community? F-that let's boycott Universal and make the pubic aware of there planed exploitation of the LA River.





skano
02.27.08 - 11:59 am

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I don't think the city ever gave up their rights to eminent domain rights. That would be the dumbest move ever along the river. Looks like what happened is that Universal just built right up to the river's edge. map!

The LATimes article also stated;
"Although the river was lined with concrete decades ago to protect against flooding, narrow strips of land along both sides have been preserved as rights-of-way for maintenance workers. City officials hope to use those strips to build a bike path on one side of the river and a pedestrian walkway on the other."

Now any money that is used to fight this should be compensated by the losing party. I really don't see this as a bottomless pit as some have suggested.

If Universals excuse is that scripts will be thrown over a some fence, then what prevents someone from spending a buck or two to just mail the script like any sane person would do? Which script are you most likely to get to the big wigs?

If I was the city, I would just serve notice that we are taking our property back that you, Universal Studios, have been using illegally!




User1
02.27.08 - 12:35 pm

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"If I was the city, I would just serve notice that we are taking our property back that you, Universal Studios, have been using illegally! "


the city in question is... Universal City! something tells me Los Angeles is the "lil bank" in this situation.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 12:41 pm

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Sucka LIL Monsta's



skano
02.27.08 - 12:51 pm

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Univerisal plays by the laws laid out by the city, county, state, and nation. Doesn't matter how big your bank is, it's not bigger than the state's.



User1
02.27.08 - 12:55 pm

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you're dreaming.

Universal plays by the laws but what is that law that says you cant put up a legal fight to eminant domain with a throbbing team of corporate lawyers for that ass compared to..... the city of LA's beleagered underfunded over burdened legal department? lol.

we'll see how it goes. I hope I am proven wrong.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 12:57 pm

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We should do a ride inside the river bed and paint the north side walls with bike path messages so that they are clearly visible to Universal.



marino
02.27.08 - 1:02 pm

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Now that idea I like Marino!

Yeah everyone has a legal right to put up a fight, but if those guys had any sense at all, seeing that they have projects of their own too, they wouldn't fight it.

Even without the carrots for Universal, the city would win. There's just no pressure to fight it. Watch how things change when gas gets up to 6-7 dollars a gallon though!



User1
02.27.08 - 1:10 pm

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"Yeah everyone has a legal right to put up a fight, but if those guys had any sense at all, seeing that they have projects of their own too, they wouldn't fight it.

Even without the carrots for Universal, the city would win. There's just no pressure to fight it. Watch how things change when gas gets up to 6-7 dollars a gallon though!"


if 1960's era universal studios can put the kibash on a freeking absolutely essential freeway transition.... I cant even imagine the power that Universal City 08 can have over a pipsqueek ass bike path. but hey strange things have happened I hope I am proven wrong.




Roadblock
02.27.08 - 1:19 pm

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Universal right now only cares about short term buck. They don't even care about the future of the backlot. If they build the thousands of residential units they want to build, that will eventually kill the backlot as the residents will start complaining about the noise from filming etc.

They want to sell riverside apartments with view of the golf course. If they build a wall between the housing and the bike path they will lose the view. If they don't put a wall then all the criminals who ride bikes (you know who you are) will have access to their precious community.

I say;
No to the residential community. Keep the movie jobs in LA.
Yes to riverside bikepath. Set a goal of 10% of Universal employees to commute by bike or pay $1,000/employee per year fine.



marino
02.27.08 - 1:44 pm

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I bet universal is building residential communities on its lot in order to popultate with employess and stack the "city" votes in it's favor when or if it decides to become incorporated. kind of like what vernon or whatever that weirdo little city near commerce does to control it's city council



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 1:53 pm

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big fuckin surprise! they dont pay LA city business taxes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_City,_California


read up on teh dirt


so these fuck nuts cause all kinds of madness and traffic and shit on our right of way through the LA river and they pull a bunch of dirt to avoid paying taxes....... big surprise! big bank takes lil bank.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 2:03 pm

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As far as a bike path along the river within the Universal Studios boundaries: The reason why it won't happen is the Technicolor building sits right on the edge of the river - (so they can pretend they don't dump their chemicals in the water). Other than that, its a straight shot through. You're just talking about money. Its all about the money. But I think you can play the political card with the whole environmental thing. Ask Alex Thompson to translate what I'm trying to say he is now an expert on Borfoisms.



Joe Borfo
02.27.08 - 2:21 pm

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Joe Borfo
02.27.08 - 2:23 pm

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Last time I walked through there I looked down at the river and Technicolor and Universal are storing a ton of shit on the path next to the river. They're basically getting free storage space, right?



toweliesbong
02.27.08 - 2:37 pm

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When I worked on the lot, I used to jog down River Road all the time. If memory serves, there's a dirt area between the road and the river that's likely wide enough for a bike path (and there's space along side Technicolor too if they'll give up using it for junk storage).

That scripts-over-the-fence notion must be a joke. Everybody there knows all unsolicited scripts get sent to the legal department and returned, unread to the submitter. End of issue.

If they're really worried about security and high-profile producers, why on earthy would the want to re-route the path into the middle of the studio?

Spielberg has the Amblin compound (not a trailer) and it's pretty well fortified with private security. But security ain't the issue, it's just NIMBL-ism (not in my back lot).

Marino has a great idea. How about hanging a huge banner on the east side of the Lankershim overpass so all the employees can see it from River Road?

And it might not be a bad idea to befriend the
Cahuenga Pass Property Owners Association. They've been fighting Universal's encroachment for years with some success.




two wheels good
02.27.08 - 2:43 pm

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I'd be down to help with a banner even if it doesn't make a damn bit of difference.



Joe Borfo
02.27.08 - 2:48 pm

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I think Marino and Two Wheels Good have the right idea. I'm down for making the sign and working with the Cahuenga Pass group.



markedge
02.27.08 - 2:56 pm

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I have some tarps to donate to the project.



Joe Borfo
02.27.08 - 3:13 pm

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that would be pretty cool. aim it at the media though. see if they will cover it... maybe a rival news outlet will be willing.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 3:40 pm

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Wow the LA Times put it on the front page of their website.

Too bad we can't comment on this article.




skd
02.27.08 - 4:03 pm

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Fuck the LA Times, our friends at LAist do a better job of covering the
Universal bikepath issue.

And check out the link to their earlier Spielberg / bikepath article.

He kowtowed to human rights organizations and pulled out of the Chinese olympic ceremony, but does he have the balls to kowtow to the


And for the record, the CBS Radford stretch of the bikepath is half-paved and totally rideable. There are multiple points of legal entry but one of 'em involves hopping a fence.







two wheels good
02.27.08 - 4:31 pm

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Damn you html! It was supposed to say...

Does Spielberg have the balls to kowtow to the
Bicyclists Bill of Rights?





two wheels good
02.27.08 - 4:36 pm

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Teaming up with the homeowner's association is a great idea. Just make sure they like the bikepath too. Dare I suggest supporting Tom LeBonge? He may not be your favorite city council member, but he was quoted in the paper supporting the path. If his office gets a lot of letters or e-mails in support of the path, it could help. Definitely use the environmental angle and the overall plan to re-green the LA River. THAT's what's different from the 60's when Universal blocked the freeway. Eco-friendliness is now mainstream and if you can make Universal look like the crabby neighbor keeping the city's children from enjoying a ride along the river, that would be something. There are so many ways to make Universal look bad in this situation. How about pointing out that they're just being greedy in trying to divert the cyclists UP to Citywalk to sell them stuff? And I agree with Mr. Rollers, the path could be very useful if it goes farther and has multiple access points. I don't think it's the most important "bike project" in town, but it is worthy of attention (if it's done right).



Troisvelos
02.27.08 - 5:08 pm

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Bicycle Paths = Higher Property Value


Sold.



Joe Borfo
02.27.08 - 5:10 pm

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I love the bit about throwing the screenplays onto the lot - do these guys actually believe their own bullshit?

But it does remind me that I've long wanted to build a catapult or trebuchet. Bike mounted, perhaps?



mr rollers
02.27.08 - 5:59 pm

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Rollers that is a brilliant Idea. I have a ton of bad scripts I'd like to chuck over the wall.



Joe Borfo
02.27.08 - 6:02 pm

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I have plenty of "gifts" that I can produce for the ammo. let me know when so I can eat proper breakfast the day of....



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 6:04 pm

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I see a ride materializing out of this! Let's do it! Weekend day time ride?



User1
02.27.08 - 6:04 pm

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actually it would be pretty highlarious to find a spot along their perimeter OTHER than the bike path and throw scripts over the fence. that would be a pretty good media stunt I bet it would get coverage if we got 100-500 ridazz to roll each carrying a script and toss that shit over a fence somewhere along a public walkway to prove how stupid their reasoning is.



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 6:17 pm

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How bout putting out a call for scripts? If they charge us with littering, then we've succeeded at getting publicity on this issue.



User1
02.27.08 - 6:23 pm

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Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

Back up people.

We should be THANKING Universal Studios.

Do you see what is on the OPPOSITE side of the river? A golf course! Why aren't they putting the bikepath on THAT side? Where do you want to ride, alongside nice fields of green and trees and grass, or alongside the backs of studio-lot buildings?

I say it's GOOD to not have the bikepath run along the river behind Universal. Have it run along Lakeside Golf Club on the other side!



MikeyWalsh
02.27.08 - 7:57 pm

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I think it ha to do with how the path leads up to this area on both sides. over by forrest lawn there is no place for a bike path on the north side of the river because of the way the tributaries run. and again right at lankershim where there is another connecting tributary. you could build a couple bicycle bridges but, there's not a whole lot of money to do it....



Roadblock
02.27.08 - 9:27 pm

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Up to Citywalk then back down adds about 400 feet in elevation gain to what might otherwise be 20 feet downhill! No matter how it's graded, that's a non-starter for families like those who use the other parts of the bike path.

A river doesn't flow uphill and down again... unless it's in a siphon. NBCU would build such a siphon, but it's not for siphoning water...

Bridges? OK, but NBCU should pay for them if they don't want the bike path on the side of the Los Angeles River they adjoin. I would hope they, not we who pay taxes, paid for the road bridge which connects Cahuenga to Citywalk. Remember when Barham was the only bridge over the 101?



OverTheHill
02.27.08 - 10:35 pm

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That would be a rad image, dirty cyclists and squeaky-clean homeowners association types locking hands to give NBCU a beatdown. Somebody call Mike Davis.



cabhauler
02.27.08 - 11:11 pm

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I'm assuming you were joking, right mikey? The aforementioned HOA would NEVER let us filthy criminal types that close to their golf course without a huge ugly wall topped with concertina wire, and then NOBODY's happy :)



Lance K
02.28.08 - 6:09 pm

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what's up with staging a script ride in universal city?

contact info for the powers that be

Tom LaBonge
councilmember.labonge@lacity.org

Main Office
Phone: (213) 485-3337

Sharon Shapiro
Housing &
Transportation Deputy
sharon.shapiro@lacity.org


LA Times reporter who did the story:
steve.hymon@latimes.com






Roadblock
02.29.08 - 11:05 am

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ok I fired off an email to all three of those contacts.... hmmmm maybe I should get some emails from universal too....





Roadblock
02.29.08 - 11:43 am

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Start Working on your scripts! And don't hold on to your ideas because they WILL be stolen.



Joe Borfo
02.29.08 - 11:46 am

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how many people hear know people who work in the film industry that can get their hands on rejected scripts? I bet we could gather up a few hundred....

Borfo what the deal with your banner? I have paint.



Roadblock
02.29.08 - 11:48 am

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I have a couple big Tarps. But they are plastic, will the paint fall off?



Joe Borfo
02.29.08 - 11:50 am

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I'm not sure.... but it it do, then we can paint it again.

towlie..... you got Zucker's email?



Roadblock
02.29.08 - 11:52 am

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I used to work at Universal, but I burnt all those bridges. What type of people email's do you need?



Joe Borfo
02.29.08 - 12:45 pm

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any/all the HNICs would be great. whatever you can get and since you burnt the bridge I bet you dont feel bad about them being published now do you?

LOL I used to work there too. as a teen I was the only shlubb in food service who asked to be assigned the ice cream bike. I used to rocks that shit! everyone else was embarrassed to ride that thing but I would roll up on crowds n' shit. "what's a jaws bar?" "chocolate covered vanilla ice cream on a stick in the shape of a shark"



Roadblock
02.29.08 - 12:50 pm

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I'm not at work yet, but, yeah, give me an hour. I'll get you some good ones.



toweliesbong
02.29.08 - 12:50 pm

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generally our email addys are:

firstname.lastname@nbcuni.com



toweliesbong
02.29.08 - 12:52 pm

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Lol, that's awesome Roadblock. Rock the ice cream bike, and it's got ice cream sharks, super bad ass!



GarySe7en
02.29.08 - 12:56 pm

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I was a PA for a few years, and then I worked in the IT department for productions for 6 years.

I used to organize secret late night races on the gas powered golf carts around the lot like you were talking about.

I got fired because I wore only Hawaiian shirts and shorts rather than the expected suit and tie, and something about sneaking too many friends onto the lot and fucking up the golf cart's fuel intake limiters.



Joe Borfo
02.29.08 - 1:00 pm

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damn! gas powered!! we weren't so lucky to find those hahaha. there was a recharging area for a small fleet of electrics on the bottom level of the parking garage on lankershim... south of the technicolor building and north of that huge hill that leads to the tour... just unplug them bitches and off to the chases!

man that icecream bike was the only thing that kept me sane working summers there.... I would roll ALL PARK hit the stunt show, star trek, conan, the kitt car... and when I wanted to get a break well then roll out to some secluded spot where no customers nor my managers would find me...

as fun as that bike was, I would try to schmooze with the character actors trying to get an "in" and switch over to their union. they of course werent having me, snobby character actors I guess I was makin em nervous... I was taller than frankenstein and he knew it!



Roadblock
02.29.08 - 1:07 pm

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hahahaha i remember you sneaking us in there- that was rad! JP runs were the best!



neverclever
02.29.08 - 1:08 pm

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Borfo, when did you work IT? We may be former co-workers.

Do you know a long time Burner named Mike Goodglick, or ramgoofy?

RB, I have a list of 12 execs in addition to Zucker, including 7 from our so-called Green Council.



toweliesbong
02.29.08 - 2:29 pm

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You can buy cheap canvas drop clothes from Home Depot for like 10 a piece. Lemme know, I'll "mark them down" for the cause. And I'm sure people know some actors with bad scripts. My roommate has a handful and I'll drop an email or two out to see what we can get.

I've rode the river a few times when I didn't want to deal with traffic and other then the seams in the concrete and an occasional branch, its a nice ride. Pretty sure I'm breaking a few laws but no one else uses that area, right?



DetroitRider
02.29.08 - 2:55 pm

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Greg, I worked in Production Support Group With Jerry Petit and before that With Daryl Peysar in USITG. I don't recognize those names. But I always thought you looked familiar. These were pre NBC days and I left right after the Vivendi merge. I used to take naps in the black tower.



Joe Borfo
02.29.08 - 3:20 pm

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Detriot,

Before the 911 days you could ride your bike through without the security hassling you. My daily route there from NELA was the riverside bike path all the way to the Barham entrance and through.



Joe Borfo
02.29.08 - 3:23 pm

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Years later and I still have the key to golf cart #2235. Anyone wanna race?

Ha! I can totally see Frankenstein mad-dogging Roadblock. You *know* he was feeling threatened.



two wheels good
02.29.08 - 3:38 pm

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"Ha! I can totally see Frankenstein mad-dogging Roadblock. You *know* he was feeling threatened."

SERIOUSLY those fuckers were so protective of their jobs. they got 4 hours break time during an 8 hour shift and they were makin like $15 or $20 an hour which would have been so choice for a 17 year old to be makin... I was totally zeroing in on Frankenstein and asking him questions about how to get in the union n' shit. COLD shoulders all around they didnt want to be seen with some peon in food service.



Roadblock
02.29.08 - 4:21 pm

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Who needs actual scripts? Just get some sheets of paper together that you were planning to recycle, write "SCRIPT" or "SCREENPLAY" on the first sheet and staple 'em together. The point is to demonstrate how absurdly stupid and self-absorbed Universal is, not to actually give them real scripts. Hell, I was thinking of collecting all the old phone books I haven't actually recycled and scrawling "SCRIPT" on those. Don't waste your time trying to gather up actual scripts. You have better things to do.

As for contacting La Bonge's office, you might try his valley office instead of downtown.

Valley Field Office
10116 Riverside Drive
Room 200
Toluca Lake, CA 91602
Phone: (818) 755-7630

We might also want to contact Neighborhood Councils in the area. Studio City Neighborhood Council seems to be the closest. I don't think Universal is actually inside any of the councils, but it's probably surrounded.



Troisvelos
02.29.08 - 5:00 pm

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good points!!

I fucking hate phone books this is perfect way to get rid of them!



Roadblock
02.29.08 - 5:06 pm

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I'm up for some debauchery. And I've got three phone books sitting here I need to get rid of.



DetroitRider
02.29.08 - 5:09 pm

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I work at a film school - always lots of scripts laying around. Maybe I can even round up a bicycling film student or two.



mr rollers
02.29.08 - 5:13 pm

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we need anything and everything. and there needs to be media on hand for this. in fact call the mayor he should be there too with LaBonge of course. ink it in their calendars.



Roadblock
02.29.08 - 5:20 pm

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MUAHAHAHAH

of fuck somehow a bunch of exec email address fell out of a truck into my lap... I should be a good person and return these to their owners.



Roadblock
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Roadblock
03.3.08 - 11:38 am

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Does Roadblock have a megaphone? YEAYAHHH!



Joe Borfo
03.3.08 - 11:40 am

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That's funnier than hell! I wish we were there in a big pack. We could have bugged these guys all day!

Nice work RB!



User1
03.3.08 - 11:43 am

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from now until they allow the LA river bike path to continue along the riverfront from Downtown to Canoga Park I hereby commit myself to interrupting every NBC news reporter that is non emergency / police related with this question that I happen to run across. I urge my fellow members of the cycling community to do the same.



Roadblock
03.3.08 - 11:44 am

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how about rides dedicated to finding those "on the scene entertainment reporters"?

I want to play fair though, I wont interrupt them if they are covering "real actual" news which is not very often but sometimes they do.



Roadblock
03.3.08 - 11:46 am

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That's fucking great!!!

If I finish my project at the end of this week everyone will have a chance to ask this question. If I don't finish my project I'll probably be fired.

"I wont interrupt them if they are covering "real actual" news which is not very often but sometimes they do."

They never do. Ha.



toweliesbong
03.3.08 - 11:55 am

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PS: I resolve hereby to call every main-stream news reporter that I harass, male or female, "Kent Shockman".



Roadblock
03.3.08 - 11:57 am

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Holy shit, that video is hillarious.

"Do you have to do that?"

"Yes. Why is NBC/Universal blocking the bike path through Universal City?"

I watched it and lol'd

I can haz scriptz?



ubrayj02
03.3.08 - 12:51 pm

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Hell, lets make some scripts that just repeat the question over and over.

Hell, maybe I'll go in to work late one night and print many copies of that great script on NBC Uni's own printers.

D'oh, did I really say that?



toweliesbong
03.3.08 - 12:57 pm

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are they the company that is putting out Lipstick Jungle? just grab copies of all those....



Roadblock
03.3.08 - 12:59 pm

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towlie you rule dude. we gotta make this "media event" completely newsworthy so the more useless content the more likely the media will show to cover it.



Roadblock
03.3.08 - 1:01 pm

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hahahah, I'm so disconnected here. i'm in burbank, not a lot of stuff here since most people have moved to Universal City.

hmmm, maybe I should remove my pictures in case any of my co-workers are reading this thread. this pisses me off to no end so i'll help out as much as possible.





toweliesbong
03.3.08 - 1:59 pm

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