They have spread all over but thinned out. When the clean up began they moved in all directions including all around my company's building, which is the entire block on 5th Avenue between 30th and 31st Streets. I remember streetwalkers standing on all the corners in all kinds of weather with hardly any clothes on. The hotel next to my building (which is now respectable) had become a prostitute haven and then a halfway house. I remember the time Leona Helmsley was there for around 6 months towards the end of her prison sentence. The photographers hanging around all the time just to get a glimpse of her was ridiculous. They have filmed many movies and TV programs in my area and it is highly annoying but good for the city. They have wanted to use my building for many movies including Batman, Superman and the recent Revolutionary Road. The reason is the age and look of the building plus the fabulous view of the Empire State Building from the flat roof of 295 Fifth Avenue. I have never allowed any filming as the problems with the studios are so enormous that I could never agree to signing a contract with them. Negotiating a deal with the location scouts is a lot of fun even though I never could come to terms with them. Claude In a message dated 6/20/2009 10:02:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jbirddougl...@cox.net writes:
I used to always go to Times Square when I visited New York back in the Seventies and early Eighties. Unbelievably dangerous and wonderfully entertaining. During one trip, I passed by a nudie theater where I was surprised to see that a former girl friend of mine, a miss Kandi Barbour of Atlanta, GA, was appearing live and in the buff for, I'm sure, a discerning audience of that particular art form. I opted not to go in; Kandi was a tadge volatile, a sort of beautiful but deranged white-trash Scarlett O'Hara, and things did not end well with us. (It would have been a great show, though, having one of the strippers leap off the stage to beat the crap out of a patron!) I was in Times Square a couple of years ago, and it had been Eisner-ised into a clean, shiny, Blandville of Starbucks and Gap stores. Where did they put all the crazies? Greg Douglass Claude Litton wrote: > *In the 70's there were a huge amount of those theaters and peep shows > in that area. This went from 8th Ave to 6th Ave and from 40th St to > 50th St. There were also a huge amount of street walkers hanging > around all the theaters and they were very dangerous if you were not > polite. I remember when one man was approached and instead of saying > "no thanks" called her a whore. She stabbed him right in broad daylight.* > ** > *In my college years I went to a theater on 86th St. where they only > showed films in German. I used to go on Fridays when classes ended > early. 86th St. was known as Germantown. We went to a famous German > restaurant there when I graduated from law school. I don't recall the > name. The real estate boom also killed the area and the developers > moved in. Today it hardly exists. This is a part of town that I > really miss. * > ** > *Claude* > > In a message dated 6/20/2009 9:21:22 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > brucehershen...@gmail.com writes: > > In my youth they would still show some classic movies in the > falling down Times Square theaters. I think the admission was like > $1.75. > > I remember once I went to some classic movie, and a scary guy was > hanging by the ticket booth. I gave $2 to the ticket taker, and > was handed a quarter back, and the scary guy said, "Give me the > quarter". I just kept walking and he said, "Give me the quarter or > I'll kill you"! > > I kept walking, and he said, "I am going to wait right here, and > whenever you come out, I will kill you." > > I went in and watched the movie, and the whole time I kept > thinking of that guy. When it was over I went out, and he was > nowhere to be seen. If that was the present day, I would give him > the quarter! > > Bruce > On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 7:47 AM, Claude Litton <twoni...@aol.com > <mailto:twoni...@aol.com>> wrote: > > *I have seen them all since I was 17 years old. I went to > college and law school in New York City and have spent my > working life there. I have walked the streets of NYC for > over 50 years and have always been thrilled with everything. > I have been involved with NYC real estate all these years and > still love it. I went to NYU in Greenwich Village and my > friends and I used to peek in at the old burlesque theaters > (before we got kicked out) and got to the movies in virtually > every theater already mentioned in other emails (so I wont > repeat them). I remember all the old decrepit Times Square > theaters before they cleaned up the area. The police used to > walk 4 abreast because the area was so dangerous and I am > speaking about daylight hours, not just at night.* > ** > *I remember going to the theaters on 57th street when one of > them was an art theater and the other was showing xxx films. > I remember Deep Throat and the Devil In Miss Jones playing for > many years as a double bill. The Paris Theater showed art > films for many, many years before the real estate got too > valuable and getting old movies on VHS destroyed the market > for these theaters.* > ** > *My office is at 295 Fifth Avenue across from the Empire State > Building and if anyone is in NYC they are welcome to visit. I > have over 50 movie posters framed in my office suite including > 6 of my Chan 3 sheets. Joe Bonelli stopped in last year and > we had a great time. Just email me in advance to make certain > I am in because I don't work as many hours as I did when I > was younger. I stopped going to work on Fridays 9 years ago > and leave at 2 pm.* > ** > *Claude Litton* > ** > ** > ** > > In a message dated 6/20/2009 3:06:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight > Time, ghostsandghoul...@verizon.net > <mailto:ghostsandghoul...@verizon.net> writes: > > I was lucky enough to be in NYC when HORROR OF DRACULA had > just opened at the Marfair Theater so I got to see the > hugh Times Square wrap-around billboard poster above the > theater. I also got to see the display of the fiends (in > a hugh fish tank) from FIEND WITHOUT A FACE located right > in front of the theater in Times Square. 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