I don’t have much…yet. But the Uwchlan Township supervisors meeting replay for last evening, August 19th caught my eye. Specifically public comment at the end. I liberated that segment, but if you CLICK HERE you can see entire meeting.

Anyway, the entire area has been all aflutter about actor Mark Ruffalo filming with HBO for something called Task I think? Ok that’s cool and Ruffalo is supposed to be a big environmentalist so why are neighbors upset about HBO and all littering in Uwchlan on Peck Road in Downingtown?

Filming is always disruptive if you live in an area where it occurs. There is no doubt about it. Filming on location is always hard on properties, which is why a relative turned down having their property being part of Oprah Winfrey’s “Beloved” when they were filming in Philadelphia in the 1990s.

Now Peck Road has been a mess because of construction and a little bridge or something. I wonder if it has anything to do with the future plans for Peck Road that the neighbors mention in their comment and for which I found as a preliminary Sketch Plan on Uwchlan’s website?

So I went an looked up where they are talking about and found:

Did you know under prior ownership there was a clean and green designation? Just an aside but kind of sad if it is now going to be a subdivision, right? What happens to those designations when properties change hands anyway? Sorry, I digress.

So while filming and construction has been going on, I have to ask is there still a special needs house on Peck right around there? There used to be. I imagine it has been disruptive for those folks and special needs residents if so…and that include night filming by HBO.

It’s great that HBO films and other people film but if I had to hazard a guess (in response to Mrs. Harding who asked), I would say that the people who got paid for HBO to film would have been whomever owns the old French farm. And if the property is subject to a subdivision, I doubt they would care if a film crew etc. were hard on the property because everything will just disappear if a development happens anyway. Sad but true.

I have included Google street view from August 2023 and one from 2019 of the location that shows before the trees got turned into giant standing toothpicks of ugliness. If neighbors have photos of the filming and trash left behind, I am happy to post and attribute however you would like.

And HBO and Mark Ruffalo if you are out there? Maybe it’s time to make nice with these neighbors around 655 Peck in Uwchlan? After all, they didn’t ask to be part of Hollywood and they certainly shouldn’t have to pick up your trash. That’s not very environmentally friendly of you.

Enjoy the beautiful weather.