When I lived in Jersey thru the mid 60's, NYC was the place to go and see
great legit entertainment - first run movies, theatre etc. I always tried to
avoid Time Square - it was a seedy place then and it appears to have gotten
much seedier.
Because of my size I always seemed to become a mark for the smaller males
trying to impress friends by confronting me and trying to get me into a
fight - of course if I ever beat the **** out of one of these guys, I was
the one at fault cause I was picking on the littler man. Happened more often
than I cared for.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "ann sanfedele" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PESO: Liberty and Magic
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
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