the source

so sometimes i seek out the meanings of "street" language on the web. have been to this site a few times, it helps you find the answers whether that's a good thing or not. always slightly absurd, and a bit baffled by this one, but it keeps the reader entertained. Urban Dictionary: Croton-on-Hudson, NY

i, however, prefer to think of the town i grew up in in terms of it's fabulous history, and its being the site of new beginnings and influential people and movements in american culture. 

and then there are also the cute little touches, like this tea house/ speakeasy, nikko inn, that was built by a japanese proprietor along the cliffs of the croton river, where the first tarzan movies were filmed, where early film pioneers douglas fairbanks and mary pickford used to rendezvous before they got married and established an empire. next door was a playhouse made of stone by colonel harmon, one of the first real estate developers in croton, originally for his mistress the opera star lillian nordica. she died overseas and later it became a theatre that hosted the likes of gloria swanson, katherine hepburn and cary grant. i discovered most of this when i worked on the first westchester film festival, lots of info. about the history of film and it's early origins here in this county.

the interior of the playhouse had been converted and restored by an architect who also had a place in nyc near me in the dakota building. he made the master bathroom into this space-age area, with a capsule-like structure for a shower and a heating system that extended to a sci-fi bench cover under a modern heat lamp, along with a sauna and a jacuzzi. had visited it a few types and captured some digital footage of the interior. later a fire that was uncontained in the kitchen destroyed most of the house but it was restored, though with new additions so not the same as the original. the stage was located in the middle of the front of the house behind the floor-to-ceiling glass planes.