I have some nostalgia for the “old” 42nd street. What changed after the City’s crack-down on Burlesque in 1942 that the sex-trade came back to 42nd by the 60’s through the 80’s? And do you think that given some drastic change in the city’sįortune’s that the sex trade could ever re-emerge there – or is it gone for good? When did 42nd Street become the red-light district that Mayor Dinkin’s signed to history? (and it was Dinkins not Giuliani who signed the deal with Disney – though Giuliana took credit for it)Ģ-B. And have there been any plans to bring the trolley back in an updated form – like a light-rail?Ģ. At anytime during its history, did 42nd Street ever have a trolley (either horse-drawn or electric). I actually have several questions regarding 42nd Street.ġ. Why would they not want to honor those who made Broadway and New York for that matter, the greatest tourist attraction of the Our American History and the people that contributed to our Golden Age of Theater. Why did they bother renovating these theaters if they were going to dismiss the contributions of so many great playwrights and producers, etc.? There is something said for respecting and preserving What were these people thinking? They wiped away our cultural heritage in short Then there is The American Airlines Theater. Was such short sighted planning in renaming the Old Republic, The New Victory, why not the New Republic ? After all, The Victory Theater was a notorious movie house that featured pornography, hardly the bestĬhoice to be associated with what is now a children’s nonprofit theater. Could you name the people responsible for making our country’s most celebrated theatrical thoroughfare into a tribute to Micky Mouse and other assorted Disney characters? Also, I was puzzled, as to why there
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