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My office is located and I live in Clifton, NJ, about 10 miles from midtown Manhattan. It’s a pretty typical north New Jersey working-class town, we have a city hall, a high school and other lower schools, a number of small business storefronts, and shopping mall at the edge of town. We also have a number of parks and one that I drive or walk (past or thru) often is Eddie Mayo Field, on Clifton Avenue.

Edward Joseph (Eddie) Mayo (April 15, 1910 - November 27, 2006), nicknamed “Hotshot” and “Steady Eddie,” was a Major League Baseball infielder who played nine seasons for the New York Giants (1936), Boston Braves (1937-1938), Philadelphia Athletics (1943) and Detroit Tigers (1944-1948).

…Mayo was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, but grew up in Clifton, New Jersey. Born Edward Joseph Mayoski, Mayo was the son of Polish immigrants who changed their name to Mayo.

…His best season was 1945 when he helped lead the Detroit Tigers to a World Series championship and was selected as the American League’s Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News.

…read more…

Being a location scout for film tv and photography, I’ve always thought Eddie Mayo Field might make a good filming location!

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New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) | Truck Routes | …via Kurt Wittman (Thanks Kurt!

So… you are a P.A. trying to get a cube truck across the 5 boros OR you are a Producer, Assistant Director or Location Manager trying to get that P.A. where he / she needs to be with that vehicle …or a cargo van with commercial plates …or a tractor / trailer…

Other useful New York City area traffic links:

Nationwide:

Yahoo! Search: New York City traffic information

• DOT’s Real-Time Traffic Cameras |
  Live streaming traffic cameras from the five boroughs of New York City.
• New York Traffic Information - FHWA |
  Traffic and traveler information portal for New York … New York City Motorist Information - Includes … Trips123 Traffic Information for Metro New. […]
• Trips123 - Get Traffic, Transit, and Trip Planning Info in Real Time |
  Trips123 provides traffic, transit, and transit trip planning in real-time for New York, New York City (NYC), New Jersey, and Connecticut, as well as. […]

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If you are a foreign film / photo production planning to work on location in the United States and / or more specifically, in the New York City area, you may or may not be aware that use of just about any private property, as well as many public venues and towns / municipalities (New York City included, for film / video) as a location will require you to provide proof of commercial liability insurance providing coverage of at least $2m US in the form of a certificate of insurance and naming same (property owner / venue / town or municipality) third-party additionally insured. These or similar conditions apply to many gear / equipment rental agreements as well.

Furthermore, any insurance you may have in your home country must provide coverage abroad and that coverage must be recognized and accepted by all parties involved in the United States.

Fear not, there are many insurance brokers nationwide in the U.S. that offer affordable short-term production insurance packages. The insurance company I usually work with was charging about $650 for a 14 day package last time I spoke with them.

Yahoo! Search: short-term production insurance

• Short Term Production Insurance : ProductionInsurance.com |
  Call now if you are looking for Short Term Production Insurance and more! … The Short Term Production insurance program quotations are usually sent. […]
• Short Term Film Production Insurance |
  Insurance for sort term … through the Short Term Production Insurance program include: … Insurance Definitions. Visit Film & Video Production for. […]
• Short Term Production Insurance |
  All risk insurance for short term productions. It is very wise move to get insurance coverage for your film / movie production.

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Susan Peik Location Scout

Susan Peik Location Scout

Michelle Latham :: Location Scout

Michelle Latham :: Location Scout
Continue reading ‘links for 2008-06-20′

Unordered List of Northeast U.S. Links of Interest for Location Scouts / Location Managers | These links will likely prove useful to Film / Photo Producers and Production Companies, Film / Video Directors and Photographers as well.

New York City / NY

Connecticut

Philadelphia / Pittsburgh / Pennsylvania