is that how the RENT marquee looks now? i dont remember the paintings and the camera picture and hands pictures on the building sort of next to the main theatre facade...did that make sense?
anyways, cool. The Nederlander has looked like that since 1996. Those things did go unnoticed to me the first number of times I was at or walked past the Nederlander, though. The thing is, I would usually go down 41st specifically to check out the goings-on at the theatre, so I never thought to walk on the other side of the street (there's really no reason to, since there are no theatres on that side other than the New Amsterdam's giant butt). It's also hard to take it all in even from the corner of 41st and 7th. It was a revelation the first time I walked by on the north side of the street--I had never noticed how much went into the facade.
"If there is going to be a restoration fee, there should also be a Renaissance fee, a Middle Ages fee and a Dark Ages fee. Someone must have men in the back room making up names, euphemisms for profit."
(Emanuel Azenberg)
Updated On: 9/12/06 at 10:00 PM