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Apparently you don't. Henson do OWN their offices and puppet workshop in London - it's called the Creature Shop in Camden. They got it around 25 years ago and Jim probably did as much creative Muppet work there than New York because it was their base throughout the TMS years. He also owned his own home there and yes, the studios were rented but they are some pretty historic studios - TMS stuff is still displayed there today. What i'm saying is that if this is all about the 'Muppet Magic' myth - that this building is the centre of all that was special then it's actually untrue and a lot of places were equally important. While some creative stuff did go on there about 80% of the time it has been used for all the boring admin, aside puppet building in the workshop of course. It's probably been a more important building for Sesame Street in recent years - Jim didn't simply hang out at the other places, he lived there for years. You think selling again with the Townhouse included as real estate is a good option, it isn't. One of the reasons lots of companies were put off buying Henson was that they didn't want to take on all the real estate Henson owned, and the bloated staff and ways of doing things. Media companies aren't interested in real estate - they want the character rights and the programmes.Mark Filton said:You're trying to talk down to me like a little kid and (pretending quote) "Oh, don't be upset, there are so many buildings all over the world, nice things happened everywhere, but it's time to move on."
The NYC building was bought in 1977, right? So it's been owned by therm for over 25 years. You and I both know that OWNING is different from hanging out in Canada or London in someone's studio to make Fraggle Rock or the Muppet Show. Come on, I know the difference
I'm not changing the subject at all. I used an example from Jim's past to demonstrate what is going on here. Yes, Jim tried to sell to Disney to make the brand stronger and that is exactly the same here. The Jim Henson Company could do with some cash to put back into their funds which have been in need of help for a long time and maybe this move will make the company stronger in lots of ways for the future. It amazed me the kids even bought back the company and we know they only did so to prevent it being ripped apart by a smaller company just interested in certain things. Perhaps they did it with the foresight that they will be able to sell again at a good price in the future but right now I don't think it is fair to expect they fund the company by yet another $13 or so million dollars which is what the company would need (remember EMTV took all their cash assets in the buyback) without this sale. Especially when it makes no actual business sense for them to keep the place on whatsoever right now and it'd just be an empty shell. Maybe the actual family could afford to keep it for sentimental reasons but it's their choice and they have decided not to whether in your opinion you think they will regret it later or not.Mark Filton said:THen you are changing the subject a bit. Did Jim try to sell to Disney? Yes. I have no problem with that. He was trying to do that so all his characters wouldn't get scattered and weak and lost...which is what is happening now, so I AGREE with you on that one
My love of a great American man is Jim Henson, his place of hard work and fun, where he added things to the building and decorated it everywhere. Where the stained glass tribute to him is in the window. A living tribute to a great man, in a city that was hurt by ROTTEN TERRORISTS! 
I doubt that as well. Caroll Spinney mentioned during his book tour that the Sesame Workshop was extremely out of pocket after they bought the rights to the SS characters.Luke said:
That Mural is the most beautiful thing I've seen, so wonderfully done. 
I would die if something happened to either of those things. 
