The Labor Chicks took a trip to the monthly Gallery Walk. It was crazy downtown....normally the Gallery Walk brings a lot of people, but, it was especially busy tonight with a lot of folks down to see what is going on with getting the area ready for filming for Public Enemy. The first photo is normally the Exclusive Company, but it will be a Walgreens drug store during the filming.
The New Moon is a restaurant for the movie--notice all the folks on the street! The transformation is amazing thanks to the hard work of the members of IATSE 470....painting, props in windows, replacing windows.
The filming for this movie, last month in Columbus, this month in Oshkosh and also Manitowish Waters is the result of a tax incentive now being offered to film companies for using Wisconsin locations. IATSE was one of the promoters of the legislation to allow this, with a great deal of support from Lt. Gov. Lawton. The Winnebago County Labor Council also promoted the legislation.
The result is, if nothing else, folks from around the state discovering downtown Oshkosh and seeing that there is something going on down there (besides the filming.)
Kudos IATSE, for your work on getting the legislation, and for your hard and skillful work in bringing downtown Oshkosh back to another era.
After all....doesn't every downtown need a hosiery store!
After all....doesn't every downtown need a hosiery store!
