I agree that Times Square and the Theater District are crowded and noisy and glitzy, but those are not necessarily bad, especially in small doses. It was indeed a frightening place in the late 1960s, the 1970s and the early 1980s, but it is much cleaner and safer now. I do not consider it "scary" in any respect.
Unfortunately, the strip has effected the entire city of Lost Wages and much of the rest of Nevada. Slot machines were everywhere, even in the public restrooms, and the sleaze spills over to many of the larger and mid-sized towns. Utah and Arizona, and especially Wyoming, are much more attractive places to me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 5:14 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > In late 1950's and early 60's - of course I loved it - I was in the > theatre..and then it was a magical placeto me.. > But later it became downright terrifying... 70's and 80's.. > > Now it is just annoying: - another over-crowded, noisy, glitzy place to > avoid. Not at all an "intellectual" thing for me... it has returned to being > scary, too... in some ways. > > Personally, I rather like Las Vegas - but the real townand area, not so much > "the Strip" which is not Las Vegas at all, techinically > > ann > > > On 8/23/2015 4:51 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> >> I worked in Manhattan for 11 years, and I walked through Times Square at >> every opportunity. I relished being in the shadow of 1 Times Square, where >> the greatest American newspaper once held forth. Cowboys, naked ladies, >> Mickey Mouse. It's still Times Square, and it's still special. (Although I >> realize for today's New Yorker it's intellectually compulsory to mock it.) >> Paul via phone >> >>> On Aug 23, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:27 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> I think that "she" is a "he" btw >>> >>> Thanks, Ann. >>> >>> Yes, I believe that the "actor" is male, but the character is female. >>> >>> Times Square is mostly populated by foreign tourists, there days. Most >>> of the costumed characters are from children's books and movies, since >>> it is easier to get money from the adults when their children want >>> their picture taken with Mickey or Minnie or Sponge Bob Squarepants. >>> >>> I couldn't really avoid Times Square, because we were boint to the >>> Marquis Theater to see Penn and Teller. >>> >>> They didn't have the topless painted ladies there yet. That is a very >>> recent development, although the Naked Cowboy has been around for a >>> while. >>> >>> >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
