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Inflation

Lexington & 80-something Street **

What is it about us as we age that we can’t recognize prices rising? You know, like when you find yourself saying, “That cab ride was $2.50 in my day.”

For two-cents plain is probably at least the above quoted $2.50 these days at any half decent soda fountain. Wait. You won’t find a soda fountain (unless you live in my nabe. **This one boasts a 75-year run.)

Whenever I pass that** soda fountain, I free-associate to the Robert Redford film 3 Days of the Condor. The movie was based on a novel called Six Days of the Condor.

All I recall from the Redford film was that he seeked a back exit to escape some baddies. The counterman pointed with a motion of his head.

Scenes

The L.A. Planetarium plays a prominent part in Rebel Without A Cause.

The teens from Rebel, watching the dire predictions of collisions and booms, are more engrossed in their own life angst. The adults in their lives can’t seem to provide them the guidance they need.

Officially named the Griffiths Observatory, it makes an interesting cameo in La La Land. It has appeared on TV episodes as well and some dozens of other films.

The Griffiths Observatory’s presence in Rebel was dour. In La La aery.

On a tangent that leads away from L.A. but still features a planetarium, I recall how much I loved stargazing. At least from the comfort of plush seats.

New York City has a well rated world-class planetarium of its own adjacent to our often-in-films dinosaur museum. The American Museum of Natural History is the setting for A Night In The Miseum, a series that is neither dour nor aery.

The observatory here in New York City is called The Hayden Planetarium.

And we’re once again back full circle to films. If not quite back to L.A.