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Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?

Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?

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#1Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 7:23pm

Interesting article on what 42nd and Times Square was during the 80s compared to now. Probably another reason for the soaring ticket prices along Broadway.  

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/18/us/80s-times-square-then-and-now/index.html

 


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Updated On: 5/14/16 at 07:23 PM

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#2Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 7:27pm

Bring those days back, please. 

smidge
#3Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 7:38pm

I remember it. Kind of scary. But I would rather walk past nympho sluts  than Minions and Elmos.

mailhandler777
#4Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 7:38pm

^^No thank you. I'd rather deal with a crowd of people over getting murdered and seeing X porn stuff all over the place.


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Updated On: 5/14/16 at 07:38 PM

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#5Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:11pm

Nathan's,  Orange Julius, 3 HoJo s,  porno, heroin, pimps,  hookers, Times Sq. low tech arcades, gangs, the Colony Record store. Yea yea!  Bring back the slime!  I miss you, old Times Sq. $ 1.00 standing room.  I saw every show back then.


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#6Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:18pm

Bring back the days when tourists were scared to even go to 8th Ave. 

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#7Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:19pm

It was a little scary....but very exciting!

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#8Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:20pm

Blame Disney....and Giuliani


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#9Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:23pm

I blame Hamilton.

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#10Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:26pm

"^^No thank you. I'd rather deal with a crowd of people over getting murdered and seeing X porn stuff all over the place."

You can get murdered in every part of the city.


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#11Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:28pm

Bring back the Gaeity! But maybe not the punch bowl in the refreshments room. 

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#12Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:44pm

Does anybody remember the Brew Burger restaurants? Ate at those in the late 70's. Have no clue when they closed them but always ate there when I came up from PA.


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#13Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:52pm

 Brew Burger and Steak n Brew, and Zum Zum.


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#14Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:55pm

Bring back the deuce. Miss Playland ,HoJo's ,and definitely the arcades.

 

Those were the good old days - almost.


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#15Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:57pm

And the Roxy, and the Astor


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pmensky
#16Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 8:59pm

It was amazing.  I remember the pimps and prostitutes, the elaborate graffiti in the subway cars, the bathrooms in the subway stations, the bitchy waiters at Barrymore's restaurant, the tourists clambering to get into Mamma Leone's, the bacon burgers at McHale's, and the roaches at Beefsteak Charlie's,

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#17Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:02pm

But now we have The Olive Garden, TGI Fridays and Shake Shack! 

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#18Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:04pm

Roxy was torn down in 1960.


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#19Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:08pm

Yes, Roxy, the Roxy half demolished, the pix of Gloria Swanson, the inspiration for Follies!


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#20Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:12pm

I wish there was something in between maybe getting murdered and maybe getting assaulted by an off-brand Elmo. Like just a normal pedestrian plaza.


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#21Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:15pm

I didn't mind 8th Avenue or 42nd Street myself (though my husband was mugged in the middle of a crowd in Times Square). But it was a bit dicey with two children under the age of 12. To this day, I instinctively drop to the back of any walking group in order to watch out for stragglers.

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#22Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:24pm

Once the Roxy went, the rest of the palaces were picked off one by one until there were none


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#23Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 9:30pm

And let's not forget the Morosco and the Helen Hayes, and the Bijou.  The day the wrecking ball came was a day I will never forget.  And all those hundreds of famous and not famous actors out there, crying their eyes out.  Too little, too late....the petitions lost out.


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#24Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 11:26pm

One of the bad things about Times Square now are the street performers. Good thing they are allegedly restricted to certain areas. One Canadian tourist will not be singing NY praises back home . One approached her and without provocation belted her right in the mouth. He has had previous run ins with the law but naturally he went thru the NYC revolving door of justice and was repeatedly let out. Does wonders for NY image.

 


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#25Anyone remember Times Square and 42nd St in the 80s?
Posted: 5/14/16 at 11:39pm

Yeah, I almost miss all those 3 card monte guys and their shills and lookouts, unfortunately, the tourists are mostly as vacant/distracted/dumb as ever.  Who let's their cute blonde children be hugged by some stranger in Times Sq??  Oh, and opening your wallet to some random dude. Oh, I just shudder when I see this!


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