Crowd wait the arrival of 1964 on New Year's Eve at Times Square; 'Move over, darling' with Doris Day, James Garner & Chuck Connors opened on 25 December 1963.
The Paramount Theatre was a 3,664-seat movie palace located at 43rd Street & Broadway on Times Square. Opened in 1926, it was a showcase theatre and the New York headquarters of Paramount Pictures. Adolph Zukor, founder of Paramount predecessor Famous Players Film Company, maintained an office in the building until his death in 1976. The Paramount Theatre eventually became a popular live performance venue for the likes of Frank Sinatra etc. The theater was closed in 1964 and its space converted to office and retail use. The tower which housed it, known as the Paramount Building at 1501 Broadway, is in commercial use as an office building and is still home to Paramount Pictures offices. Posted by David Brown at FB. 'Hud' with Paul Newman, Patricia Neal & Melvyn Douglas opened on 29 May 1963.
Broadway towards 48th Street circa 1967; "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", a 1966 stage play based on the 1961 novel by Muriel Spark, starring Vanessa Redgrave & Olivia Hussey, which later transferred to Broadway starring Zoe Caldwell; Joshua Logan's 'Camelot' based on a play by Alan Jay Lerner opened at the Warner Theatre on 25 October 1967, with Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero & David Hemmings.
Castro Convertibles store at Times Square (actually Duffy Square) in 1967. Peter S. Alexander wrote on FB: I always thought the name Castro presented in big bold letters in the Square of the city that most represented American capitalism was at once ironic and iconic. As for the recliners and convertibles they could have never fit in my walk up on E 4th St. Marc Landman wrote on FB: We had a Castro, a company started by an Italian immigrant.
Corner of 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue in the Spring of 1968.
Broadway & 47th Street in 1970.
Janis Joplin next to Hotel Chesea on 46 West 17th Street, in 1969.
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