Pretend it’s Aquarius Records on Castro Street this week. A documentary about slain San Francisco politician Harvey Milk is being filmed in my neighborhood this week. As part of the preparation for filming, Castro Street is getting redone to look like the 1970s (at least the hipsters with bad mustaches and tight jeans don’t ruin the look). One office has been redone as a record store, Wells Fargo Bank is masquerading as a plant store and old posters are tacked up on an empty storefront. With all the 1970s cars that were parked outside the other day, I almost felt like I was in a bad neighborhood in Buffalo!
I haven’t seen Gus Van Sant around yet, or Sean Penn (he’s playing Harvey Milk). Matt Damon (unfortunately) backed out of a role in the film a few months ago.
