Emily Burnham writes int he bangor daily news that the ictional Derry, Maine is really based on the Queen City. "Think of Derry as Bangor's evil twin," she writes. What’s not known by most, however, is just how specific many of the references in King’s books are to many Bangor landmarks and locations."
For $12 a person, visitors can take the Tommyknockers tour. It features numerous spots in Bangor that have direct connections to parts of King’s writings. Here are some highlights:
1. "The Langoliers": Bangor International Airport.
2. "Pet Sematary": Mount Hope Cemetery.
3. "IT": Burnham reports: "The stops on the tour range from major landmarks to the mundane. For instance: there’s a manhole at the corner of Thomas Hill Road and Union Street, right by Shawn T. Mansfield Baseball Stadium, which is exactly the manhole through which King envisioned Pennywise, the demonic villain in “It,” emerging.
4. "IT": The forrested area near the Kendukeag Stream was the inspiration for the Barrens, a broken down section of Derry.
5. "IT": Base Park's Paul Bunyan statue. (Came to life in IT)
6. "Insomnia": The Bangor Opera House is used in chapter 12.
Burnham quotes Scott Levy: “We always get a bus full of tourists from Hawaii, and, interestingly enough, the question I always get asked is, ‘So how cold does it actually get in the winter?’ People know King’s works and the movies, but they’re as interested in the history of Bangor as they are the King aspect.”
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For $12 a person, visitors can take the Tommyknockers tour. It features numerous spots in Bangor that have direct connections to parts of King’s writings. Here are some highlights:
1. "The Langoliers": Bangor International Airport.
2. "Pet Sematary": Mount Hope Cemetery.
3. "IT": Burnham reports: "The stops on the tour range from major landmarks to the mundane. For instance: there’s a manhole at the corner of Thomas Hill Road and Union Street, right by Shawn T. Mansfield Baseball Stadium, which is exactly the manhole through which King envisioned Pennywise, the demonic villain in “It,” emerging.
4. "IT": The forrested area near the Kendukeag Stream was the inspiration for the Barrens, a broken down section of Derry.
5. "IT": Base Park's Paul Bunyan statue. (Came to life in IT)
6. "Insomnia": The Bangor Opera House is used in chapter 12.
Burnham quotes Scott Levy: “We always get a bus full of tourists from Hawaii, and, interestingly enough, the question I always get asked is, ‘So how cold does it actually get in the winter?’ People know King’s works and the movies, but they’re as interested in the history of Bangor as they are the King aspect.”
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