
and have you been to Rocky Neck recently to see what has gone up in its place?
E.J. Lefavour
About E.J.
Artist, researcher, spiritual traveler of this fascinating orb we inhabit, lover of life and all it has to offer.
Hi everyone out there in GMG land. My name is Ellen “E.J.” Lefavour (a/k/a “Ejay Khan” – the pseudonym I used during my years as a political activist artist). I am a newcomer to Cape Ann, and thrilled to be a new contributor to Good Morning Gloucester. I am a painter and photographer who has lived and worked as an artist for 20 years, since leaving the corporate world in 1990 to pursue my passion. My contributions to GMG will consist of images (either my paintings, photographs, or the occasional video) and a little history about the image, called “Did you Know?” I hope to come up with tidbits of information that people don’t already know, or had forgotten they knew. As I am new here, everything is new and fascinating to me, especially the amazing history, so bear with me if I post something that is common knowledge – I’ll eventually come up with something that’s new to you. Please take a minute to comment on my posts, like them or not, especially if you have corrections or something to add, as that is how I, and all of us, learn. Have a Good Morning Gloucester, and a blessed day.
I do miss that old building. I remember when the spent all day shooting a scene for the tv show Route 66 there. George Maharishi and Marty Milner carrying suitcases up and down those stairs a zillion times only to have that scene cut from the final movie. The new house looks lovely and I’m sure it will be more comfortable.
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They did do a nice job on the new place. It is larger, but not overwhelming, and it doesn’t look out of place or like it doesn’t belong there. Before long though, people will forget, or never have known, what stood there before it and the stories and history it held.
George Maharis as Buz Murdock. 1960 to 1964.
This is the former Joan Kerry Studio. Perviously, it was the first location of The Rudder restaurant. I have a photo of it in 1929, when it may have been a summer cottage.
Can we see the photo posted?
Vicki – Photo will be posted posted tomorrow morning on (2/1/13) GMG.
I grew up there and don’t remember the sign. Was it on the Sibley house and book store?
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I rented the upstairs apartment in the early 60′s- at that time there was an “English Tea Room” operated by Mr. Cross…on a weekly basis, “Tourists” would walk up the stairs and just walk right into the apartment….thinking it was also open to the public. Great memories that summer living on Rocky Neck…
Remember it very well as the 1st “Rudder”, Evie Parsons was a good friend and an Excellent Hostess and Chef ! Eat there often, BBQ Hot Dogs were 1 of my favorites!