Does anyone remember a free walking tour of Times Square...

[markypoo]

Posted: 2/26/17 at 9:04am

that took off from some "seen-better-days" of a visitors center somewhere in the vicinity of the Palace Theatre?  

The tour itself was really excellent; in an eight-year stretch between 1994 and 2002 whenever I was in town I'd go on it.  Lead by well informed tour guides and we even had our own police escort!

Most of it consisted of exteriors but  I also recall going into locations such as The Lamb's Club, Second Stage when it was brand new, The Hudson years before the renovation, and The Palace when Beauty/Beast was playing there.  The tour incredibly went on for several hours and every time I took it, it was essentially different.

My thinking leads me to believe that both the tour and its starting off point are now long gone: just how correct am I?

Sigh.  Those were the days.

 

[kdogg36]

Posted: 2/26/17 at 9:30am

I never took the tour, but it sounds great! The visitor center next to the Palace Theater has been closed for two or three years, I think.