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Show TheSalt Lake Tribune TRAVELL__Sunday, May 30,1999 Notting Hill: A London § Neighborhood And a State of Mind © BYKRISTIN GAZLAY THE “Notting Hill Hill is an ex- ASSOCIATED ERS traordinary mixture of LONDON — HughGrant strolls cultures. It is rich and downPortobello Road,paststalls id. brimming with antique bric-a sek an Eidpire brac, carts heaped high withglis- amaican and tening vegetables, and the gaily Hill’s most famousstreet Yes, English, and it seemed like a huedstorefrontsthatline Notting the new movie “Notting @ ANTIQUES properplace where two NEW Goo DS worlds could actually FRUIT & VEG peoplefrom different Hill” may focus on the romance between the characters plaved bY Grant, a stammering, witty book- om moet and co-exist,” a store owner, and Julia Roberts, a superstar actress. But, at its heart, it also is a val entine to one of London's trendi. est, most colorful neighborhoods, an alternatively stylish and run: down area chockablock with hip restaurants and funky shops, secret gardensandseriously grand homes Not to mention Trustafarians, the handy word coinedto describe ningsbetter ondisplay than each August during the Notting Hill Carnival, a raucous, good-natured affair spilling over with thumping reggae music, spontaneousstreet dancing, andspectacular floats. But perhapsthe best-known of all of Notting Hill’s attractions is hometo such varied celebrities as actor Alan Rickman, Beatle daughter and designerStella McCartney, Blur frontman Damon Alborn and mediaexecutive Eliz- the Portobello Market, which each Saturday draws thousands of tourists who brave the crowds to paw through table after table of abeth Murdoch (daughter of Rupert), while still maintaining a antique — and not-so-antique — offerings. On various days, the market showcases organic fruits and veg- sizable minor Not ins y claims “Notting Hill” se writer Richard Curtis among its etables, flowers, second-hand clothes and CDs, and other residents treasures. In fact, the Portobello Market could be considered much like Notting Hill itself, which offers “Notting Hill is an extraordinary mixture of cultures,” says Curtis, whose ownblue front door stands in for the entrance to the house where Grant's character somethingfor almost everyone. The neighborhoodis close to lives. “It is rich and poor andPortugese and Jamaican and English, and it seemed like a proper place where two people fromdifferent the HM. Gousha ( Baseball Hall of Fame Celebrates Its 60th Year THE ASSOCIATED PRES COOPERSTOWN, N Y Three days of festivities will mark ad dd J Corts ts the 60th birthday of the Baseball Hall of Fame during Summer Fes: tival ‘99 from June 11-13. A Saturday morning parade will be led by three Hall of Famers. as grand marshals Phil Niekro, 3rooks Robinson and Robin Rob erts. Then it’s on to the museum for a rededication ceremony, after which the three baseball greats will chat with visitors and sign autographs for kids LUFTMg1 For further information call 888-875-2969, or go to the Web: www.discovercooperstown.net NEW "GOODS hood’s Afro-Caribbean underpin- Notting Hill is a hybrid that is Color Them Red FLEAAREY GOLBORNE MIKE: neighborhood wascreated, mixed with the seeds sown bytheorigi: nal Irish and Jewish transplants. Nowhere are the neighbor- ianroots Thestatue in the photo, above, points the wayto historic Old Church. But Whereis this statue of a revered American found?Still stumped? A can't-missclueis found in the map, below. (See answers on H-5). 1999,se The H.M. GoushaCo. cos fa] “Notting Hill” screenwriter ES the aggressively style-conscious trust-fund youths whoaresteadily transforming the west London neighborbood from its Rastafar- lakie, TheAssociated Press NEW GOODS Richard Curtis the vast green expansesof Holland Park, Hyde Park and Kensington Dave Thomson/‘The Assoclated Press Perhapsthe best-knownof all of Notting Hill's attractionsis the Portobello Market, which each Saturday draws thousandsoftourists who brave the crowdsto paw throughtablesof antique, and not-so-antique, offerings. Gardens,wheretouristsstill trek place to find unique presents changesoverthe 23 years she has lived in NottingHill, which was a down-at-the-heels area whenshe worlds could actually meet and co-exist.” residence to leave flowers in her memory. to Princess Diana's former palace for someoneelse. yourself, All true, even though few nonwhite It contains a host of relatively cheap, ethnic restaurants, mixed with upscale establishments such as Leith’s, established by British food pioneer Prue Leith, and Westbourne Grove, or West bourne Groove, as it is appropri of quirkyshops, rangingfrom fact that all the small businesses born in the late 19th century, whenhigh-society architects were of star chef Rowley Leigh. at Space, to the secondhand are being squeezed out,” Holder says, lamenting that Elgin Books soon will beforced to close after18 to the edible cal mansions on the fringes of an Hirst’s restaurant, Pharmacy, pleasuresat Planet Organic Nottoo far away are the trio of years becauseit no longercanafford the rent real-life drugstore with enough verisimilitude that the pharmicists’ association complained (The insideis just as playful: The downstairs barstools are topped with giant plastic Tylenols.) speciality bookshops on Blenheim Crescent Books for Cooks (with the sameeffect: Three-bedroom houses now start at about $) mil- and the Travel Bookshop, the lat character owns would cost. Aiid Just renting a one-bedroomapaftment will set you back about Notting Dale, as the neighbor- hood initially was called, was Kensington Place, the showplace commissionedto build neoclassi- It also is hometo artist Damian industrial area best-knownforits brickfields. whosefacade is modeled after a In the years after World WarII, many of those spacious houses were divided up into rental units for poor tenants, including large numbers of recent immigrants fromthe West Indies And thus, a multicultural BeyondPortobello Road's an. tiques, Notting Hill is an ideal or just for Oneof its main thoroughfz ately nicknamed arrived. What's she seen has made her sad andangry. offers a vari “I feel positively hostile to the DinnyHall's designerjewelry, to the cool housewaresandtoiletries splendors at Vent, Residential prices are having its delightful, tiny restaurant tuckedin the back), Garden Books ter the inspiration for the store owned by Grant's character “Notting Hill.” in lion, whichis probably what-the house Grant's “Notting Hill” $1,600 a month ‘When I first moved here, it was affordable,’ Holder says “You could have young people But the seemingly relentless gentrification process taking Last Minute Specials! Fosda, Boston, Minneecote, $340 New York, strat. Seen una’ ‘see ad aU at om ome Ce Call for other US. cities Call for tickets without Sat. night stay. CIRPAC 1-800-482-4772 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES SUPER CRUISE SALE!! 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