There is a wonderful local public TV program named Under the Radar (or UTR). Mike and I love to watch the show because it gives us ideas for new places to visit in Michigan and great restaurant reviews. It is amazing all that the state of Michigan has to offer. This week the show featured Kalamazoo. Turns out our loft home was on TV, as well as our little silver Prius.
See the parked car next to the low red brick building (behind the low white building) kind of to the left of middle. That is Sparky, our hybrid (gas-electric) car. Our building is the taller building to the right of the car. The one with the smaller green roof on top. We live on the third floor facing the car. In any case, it was sure fun to see our home on TV.
Our previous loft was often seen on TV and in advertising for Kalamazoo because the silver Radisson Hotel is in the background. Our old unit was upper left in the orange brick building, with the odd angled roof line.
In the 2006 movie Kalamzoo?, it was even intimated that our unit was the home of the lead male character. Stars in that movie are Mayim Bialik (of the Big Bang Theory), Claire Bloom, Chita Rivera, Dee Wallace, and others. Some locals were in the movie as well, such as Suzanne Parish (well-known aviator of WWII, co-founder of the Kalamazoo Air Zoo, and supporter of the live arts Kalamazoo Civic Theatre). Here is a photo during the making of the movie with Claire and Chita in the cool red car.
Always fun things to see and do in Kalamazoo!
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