UPDATED! Photo Flash! MORE photos of Broadway circa September 1980! — Page 3

Wow wow wow i love these kinda threads (i wish i could find the thread similar to this which had all the old theatres etc on from yesteryear)

Brilliant, keep em coming

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There's another picture of The Hayes being torn down that was taken from the inside of the theater. I can't find it, but it's incredibly haunting. It's so 'Follies'; you can almost see the ghosts walking around inside.

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wow, I never realized how much time square used to suck

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Thanks so much for the great pics of Broadway! My first trip to NYC was in 1988, when I was 23. Sure brought back a lot of memories.

Went to The Show Palace on 8th and 43th Street a few times on that trip. It was such a different time. The Show Palace is long gone.......The Westin is there now.

Updated On: 10/26/08 at 03:38 PM

Well for everybody, like Patti Lupone, who longs for the days of a crime-ridden Times Sq, there was a big ruckus in front of the 42nd St theaters Friday night after Saww V, and 4 guys got stabbed in the neck---I'm sure Patti will celebrate a return to the good old days.

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Wow, Brody, these are great! I made my first trip to NYC in December of 1979. My parents let me pick the shows, so I picked the only two I ever heard of; Annie and A Chorus Line. I saw the marquee for EVITA and thought it was about somebody's mother, so I passed. I've regretted it ever since. I remember walking down 42'nd street and being approached by a hooker. "Wanna date?", she said. I said, "Dad what is that all about", and he laughed. I also remember a go-go boy outside the Gaiety, and I said, "Dad, what is that all about?" and he just laughed. I was just an innocent 10th grader from WV whose mind was blown away! You took me right back to that special first trip to NYC! We even ate at Momma Leone's! Wow, memories!

The gorgeous Mark Hellinger Theatre

The Hellinger foyer

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Updated On: 10/26/08 at 10:06 PM

Just to put out the word... I know the folks at the Broadway League would LOOOOOVE copies of photos like these. If for nothing other than to expand the quality of the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB.COM)

So donate, let your snap-shots become a part of Broadway history.

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Wait, so the church will actually let people in there to take pictures? I just might have to do that sometime. I would love to see it.

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I haven't been to New York since "Grand Hotel" opened.

I don't know if I would recognize the city anymore.

Thank you for posting them.

They make me feel like I'd come home.

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AH yes the Broadway I miss! We now have a bastard child of a Disney Theme Park and Blade Runner set but hey, at least now I know where I can get all my Hello Kitty merchandise!

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