Once the Gaiety, Show Palace, Adonis, etc closed, NYC was over

[+ bigjoey]

Great article on what killed NYC of my “youth” and hours spent in darkened theaters now gone:

 

https://harpers.org/archive/2018/07/the-death-of-new-york-city-gentrification/

[+ friendofsheila]

Long article, too!

[JayCeeKy]

Once Giuliani was finished with mid-town, I was finished with New York.

[samhexum]

the Gaiety, Show Palace, Adonis, etc

 

Memories... light the corners of my mind...

Don't forget about the Night Shift or The Big Top (I think thems was the names...)

[+ bigjoey]

Memories... light the corners of my mind...

Don't forget about the Night Shift or The Big Top (I think thems was the names...)

 

Yes, there was The Big Top; not familiar with Night Shift.

 

The cleaned up New York gives me fewer reasons to visit and linger a few days

 

As the article notes: today, New York is boring. It is becoming like one big shopping mall and on Broadway, I can only take so many “family” shows used to promote theme park rides.

 

The cultural institutions are holding up but the NY I loved is fast vanishing.

[marylander1940]