Monday, October 9, 2017

TV-GPS - W. 139TH STREET & WEST END AVENUE




When NYD Lt. Theo Kojak's niece Alexandra got married in late 1973, the ceremony was held at St. Malachi's Greek Orthodox church in the Bronx.  As you might expect, this particular house of worship was only to be found in Toobworld.

And the church's location wasn't much help either - close to the corner of W. 139th Street and West End Avenue.

There is no West End Avenue in the Bronx.  And the one to be found in Manhattan only goes as far north as W. 108th St.

It really is a trivial detail - everybody should know that Earth Prime-Time was never going to follow an exact blueprint of Earth Prime.  There are natural differences with lakes, rivers, mountains not found in our world; fictional cities, countries, buildings and streets.  

I remember when a NY Post writer got a little bent out of shape that the TV series 'Clubhouse' had a subway line going where it never went before.  Yeah... in the real world.  Things were planned out a bit differently in TV-NYC.

BCnU!


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