#1
Posted: 3/17/15 at 6:51pm
http://ny.racked.com/2015/3/17/8235821/toys-r-us-times-square-closing
Anyone want to buy a ferris wheel?
Anyone want to buy a ferris wheel?
TOYS R US TIMES SQUARE FLAGSHIP STORE CLOSING
#2
Posted: 3/17/15 at 6:53pm
For the past few years I've walked by and seen it open I've been surprised because I would've sworn they announced it was closing years ago b
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#3
Posted: 3/17/15 at 6:55pm
Good. Maybe that'll mean less kids in Times Square and the hookers will feel safe to come back.
#4
Posted: 3/17/15 at 6:55pm
I never understood the concept of it being in Times Square to begin with. who will take over the space should prove interesting.
"I hope your Fanny is bigger than my Peter."
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#5
Posted: 3/17/15 at 6:58pm
Another Olive Garden of course
#6
Posted: 3/17/15 at 7:00pm
Replaced by an H&M even bigger than the one 2 blocks away
#8
Posted: 3/17/15 at 7:08pm
I gotta admit, I've killed a lot of time in there.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#9
Posted: 3/17/15 at 9:37pm
A huge food court.
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#10
Posted: 3/17/15 at 11:02pm
Perfect spot for a Broadway theater, no? Is it possible to renovate the building to become one? Their load-in doors could be on 44th.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#11
Posted: 3/17/15 at 11:23pm
CapnHook, the last building on that site before Toys R Us was the Criterion Center which was Roundabout's first Broadway theater.
#12
Posted: 3/17/15 at 11:50pm
What's currently at 1535 Broadway (the location the article says they may move to)? Isn't that somewhere near the Marriott?
#13
Posted: 3/18/15 at 1:07am
It's the lobby of the Marriott facing Times Square
#14
Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:25am
If you read the article, the brokerage firm representing the landlord has already suggested that they'll divide it up into multiple retail parcels. It ain't becoming a Broadway theater.
#15
Posted: 3/18/15 at 8:29am
I had hoped someone might bring bag taxi dancing.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
#16
Posted: 3/18/15 at 9:01am
Maybe they'll bring back Playland.
#17
Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:05am
This has brought up a lot of memories of the charming ferris wheel operator I once spent an evening with.
God was he terrible in the sack.
God was he terrible in the sack.
#18
Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:16am
I would've negotiated using his employee discount to buy some Legos.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#19
Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:25am
Ya know...I coulda used a discount that Christmas for my nieces and nephews...but making out with him was like a scene from THE BIRDS, so we never spoke again.
#20
Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:30am
He went for your eyes?!
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#21
Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:41am
It was more that his tongues was bizarrely hard and beak-like. It was actually painful.
#22
Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:42am
the last building on that site before Toys R Us was the Criterion Center which was Roundabout's first Broadway theater.
And a very crappy theater at that. It used to be a movie theater and it wasn't good for live theater.
And a very crappy theater at that. It used to be a movie theater and it wasn't good for live theater.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#23
Posted: 3/18/15 at 10:44am
Replaced by an H&M even bigger than the one 2 blocks away
H&M is building a monster store down in Herald Square.
H&M is building a monster store down in Herald Square.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#24
Posted: 3/18/15 at 12:14pm
Was Jessica Lange his boss?
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#25
Posted: 3/18/15 at 2:24pm
Bring back The Adonis!
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