{"id":5341,"date":"2011-03-17T17:23:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/?p=5341"},"modified":"2017-07-22T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:33:28","slug":"generosity-and-then-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.followthatfireengine.com\/news\/expedition-updates\/generosity-and-then-some\/","title":{"rendered":"Generosity and then some"},"content":{"rendered":"

London, Paris, New York<\/p>\n

All amazing cities, all amazingly expensive.\u00a0 We have been over whelmed by people\u2019s generosity in the US, up there with the best of them is the Carlton Arms Hotel who amazingly generously donated free accommodation for the FTFE crew whilst in New York for 10 days.\u00a0 HUGE! \u00a0We have turned the Carlton Arms into our HQ where we have shot video for the documentary and worked\u00a0ferociously\u00a0at the\u00a0remaining\u00a0logistics (shipping ahhhh), routes, website, press, etc, etc.<\/p>\n

The guys at the Carlton Arms have themselves also been touched by cancer, sadly losing a very good friend to a rare and bizarre form of cancer.\u00a0 When contacted by FTFE John Ogren said \u201cThe Macmillan nurses were angles sent by God to care for him in his last days.\u00a0 Also we love all firemen everywhere.\u00a0 So of course we want to offer the rooms at no charge.\u201d\u00a0 Legend.<\/p>\n

The Carlton Arms Art Project started in the late 80s when a small group of creative people decided to paint the rooms of, at the time, a dark and ill shelter.\u00a0 Today, every one of the 54 rooms and 4 hallways are painted or decorated by artists that came from all over the world.\u00a0 Craft and passion transformed the rotten hole into a unique Manhattan site where the walls explode with colour and art!<\/p>\n

We lucked out by staying in the United States room; a huge statue of liberty and dollar bill painted on each of the walls made it a very fitting end to our road trip across the USA and a great place to set up our new FTFE HQ and film set.\u00a0 Thank you to all at the Carlton Arms Hotel for your incredible hospitality and generous gesture beyond the call of duty.<\/p>\n

Huge thanks, The Follow That Fire Engine Crew<\/p>\n

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And if you don\u2019t believe us check out what the professionals had to say\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cAbout as cheap as it gets in Manhattan.\u00a0 Every nook has been decked out in far out by cutting edge artists\u201d Rolling Stones Magazine<\/p>\n

\u201cNot merely a bohemian-dive hotel but a constantly evolving conceptual art project, the Carlton Arms boasts some of the most striking quarters in Manhattan\u201d The Independent<\/p>\n

Please\u00a0visit their lovely website if you\u2019re planning a trip to NYC and you\u2019re on a budget http:\/\/www.carltonarms.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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