National Comedy Museum — Artist’s Concept.
The nonprofit National Comedy Center has opened in Jamestown, NY. Appalachian Jamestown is the birthplace of Lucille Ball, who left when she was 3 years old. Her family later moved to nearby Celoron, a lakeside village with a great amusement park, and young Lucy understandably preferred living there. Soon after her family went broke and moved back to Jamestown, 14-year-old Lucy left for New York City. Somehow Jamestown got the Comedy Center and Celoron got a really ugly statue of Lucy (later replaced).
More:
“The Serious Mission Behind a $50 Million Comedy Museum,” Michael Stahl, CityLab
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