Boardwalk

Allison Williams recalls disrespectful comment on Boardwalk Empire set(Photo Credit: Bang Showbiz) Allison Williams felt disrespected while filming ‘Boardwalk Empire’ after a crew member asked if she was the “on-set eye candy”. The ‘Girls’ star was hired as a stand-in to film the first ever episode of the hit TV show – which starred Steve Buscemi as a New Jersey mob associate – but the “coolest experience” of being involved with the HBO drama was tainted by an off-hand comment from a stranger during a break from…

When Fred Levine steps off the patio of his beachfront home onto the crowded boardwalk, a roughly three-mile pathway that stretches parallel to the sand along the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, he has to remember to look both ways.“It’s like stepping onto the 405 Freeway,” he said.Three decades ago, Levine moved to what some refer to as the city’s “war zone,” a nickname given not because of crime but for the reputation of summertime rowdiness along the boardwalk, which now includes an abundance of electric bicycles.…

Though it may seem unlikely, this isn’t the first time the Coney Island Boardwalk has arrived at a crossroads in Colorado. Ever since it first went splat on West Colfax Avenue in 1966, the Brooklyn transplant and hot dog stand has become a local roadside legend. It’s even gone on the road for appearances from Denver to Aspen Park and finally to Bailey, where it’s sat alongside Highway 285 since 2006. The bun-shaped restaurant continued operating on and off until 2021. Before the pandemic hit, it nearly went to public…