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Kung Fu Travel: Intercepting Fist Saves Bruce Lee's Home

July 7, 2008 at 2:00 PM | by | Comment (1)

Here's a kick-ass museum plan: A real estate tycoon is bowing to pressure from Bruce Lee fans and seeks to turn the martial arts star's last home into a memorial instead of selling it.

If Yu Panglin's rezoning proposal is approved, the two-story townhouse in Kowloon could become a 30,000-square-foot museum, including training centers and, of course, a movie theater to show Lee's greatest hits like "Fist of Fury" and "Enter the Dragon." Yu reportedly fielded offers of as much as $13 million for the house, but says he will help raise the capital to build and run the museum before donating it to the city.

Don't want to wait? The American-based Bruce Lee Foundation, which has been raising money for a permanent Lee museum, is sponsoring a Bruce Lee Festival in Seattle July 18-20 with the Seattle Art Museum, including a memorial service at his nearby tomb.

Related Stories:
· Tycoon to Turn Bruce Lee's Last Home into a Museum [AP, via Yahoo]
· Bruce Lee 35th Anniversary Celebration [Official Site]
· Hong Kong Travel coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo: hanneorla]

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String Cheese Bruce?

Why does that statue of Bruce Lee look like his upper body is made of torn string cheese?  Weird.
DanielR on July 7, 2008 at 3:35 PM #Permalink

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