Home, sweet Homewood

Hugh Grant, a beloved British actor, paid a visit to Binghamton University with Marc Lawrence, a talented BU alumnus who directed his most recent film, The Rewrite, Both of them came to our campus that freezing February day because The Rewrite, a romantic comedy about a reluctant screenwnting professor, had been partially filmed here. Binghamton residents proudly point to the carousel in the park, which stands near a plaque honoring "Walking Distance," and a local legend claims that Serling's ghost haunts the carousel.