Just got back from “Star Trek: The Tour” at the Queen Mary–hilarious details in future missive–and I’m still shaken but what I was shaken down for regarding parking: $15! Fifteen! When the woman nonchalantly asked for said lucre it suddenly came to me why the Queen is doomed: they are absolutely [...]

PHOTO by DANIEL DE BOOM
My favorite moment of from this past Thursday’s look into the Star Trek Tour took place in a large room with railings encircling a saucer shaped object in the middle of the room. Our guides had to ask more than once for the TV cameras to please turn off their lights [...]

Tues | Dec 18 The folks from the new Star Trek movie I’ll never see have packed up and left town after filming in Lincoln Park for a spell. The film crew’s presence gave thrilled locals the chance to gawk at bizarrely costumed aliens with other worldly pallor speaking a strange language, until they realized [...]

The future of Lincoln Park homeless? Maybe hungry
Responding to my story about Star Trek filming at Lincoln Park, reader Jeanine Birong asks, “Is Daniel really sure the homeless are getting nothing from this deal? Given my experience in locations, I would bet some kind of deal was cut on their behalf. Dig deeper: I bet [...]

Of cops and the homeless at Lincoln Park
A great conversation emerging in the comments section of Daniel de Boom’s piece on the Star Trek filming at Lincoln Park. “The city has rented out and fenced off over half of Lincoln Park for Paramount Studios’ filming of the latest Star Trek movie—displacing homeless people who squat [...]

Can the city really spare cops for a big-time film? It can!
The city has rented out and fenced off over half of Lincoln Park for Paramount Studios’ filming of the latest Star Trek movie—displacing homeless people who squat there in this happiest time of the year.
The fenced-off area is a base camp for the crew. [...]