Profile for IfIOnlyHadAHeart

How about all the restaurants and few remaining mom and pop shops faced with fronting additional costs for supply deliveries? I think of the withering Garment District stores, the few remaining costume shops in the area and stores like Manhattan Wardrobe Supply that are the lifeline to so many wardrobe departments. Rent is already astronomical but now they have to cover congestion pricing to get their supplies?! Same thing for restaurants around the Theatre District raising prices (again

How glorious would it be if there was a way for the Times Square Church to take the space allowing the Mark Hellinger Theatre to return to legit theatre use? I mean, the Times Square Theatre is currently a gutted shell, so TSC could customize to whatever their needs might be, and a quick Wiki search suggests a net loss of only 600 seats. I know it’s a pipe dream but it’s still such a shame to have lost such a beautiful jewel of a theatre.

I don’t care for the design at all, but I love how Daniela’s and the Playwright Celtic Pub carved a nice dent in the 8th Avenue facade.

From Playbill Ambassador Theatre Article:

"The plot at 215 West 49th Street presented a challenge to veteran theatre architect Herbert J. Krapp, being too narrow for a conventional theatre layout. The resourceful Krapp responded with an unorthodox configuration, placing the auditorium diagonally on the site."

There's legit no wing space able to support the needs of modern musicals: