‘Winter’s Tale’ takes DUMBO back to early 20th century
Residents and workers of DUMBO – part of Brooklyn’s “Tech Triangle” – caught a glimpse of a fleeting past Friday night as the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Pearl Street Triangle were transformed into a tiny piece of the early 20th Century.
Oldsmobile touring cars parked on Pearl Street next to horse-drawn carriages, stacks of hay and wooden barrels. Men in bowler hats congregated on cobblestone streets and sidewalks covered with blankets of fake snow.
The reason for the transformation was the filming of “Winter’s Tale,” a fantasy revolving around a thief, a dying girl, and a flying white horse, based on a 1983 novel by Mark Helprin., according to IMDb (Internet Movie Database). The movie stars Will Smith, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Connelly – and a beautiful white horse.
Winter’s Tale has similarly transformed Brooklyn Heights, Red Hook and Park Slope. Last week the lovely old carriage houses on Love Lane were turned back into . . . lovely old carriage houses, with hay stacked near their entrances and not a trace of the 21st Century in site. Likewise, snow blanketed Prospect Park West as horses clip-clopped through Prospect Park.