It's a great place but I actually liked it better before it became NYC's version of Disneyland. That they renovated it to be family friendly actually kind of dismays me.
I always found the sleaze factor made it kind of interesting for people watching and when they did away with the porno theaters they also got rid of some of the best and oldest independent non-porno movie houses in the world. Some of those old theaters were from vaudeville days and they were really beautiful under the grime. I really wish I had been into photography back then. I could have taken some truly interesting pics there had I been.
I haven't been back to NYC since 1992 so I don't know if they saved any of the theaters, turned them into something respectable again, but I really hope so. Those old buildings were definitely on the historically significant side and while it was a shame the way they looked then, just tearing them down would have been a really awful thing.
This one old movie palace used to show classic and modern horror films all the time so my roommates and I used to go there a lot and you should have seen the balconies in the place. It looked like the Paris Opera House in there only it was much smaller. The balconies, the crystal chandeliers, it was just amazing...
Originally posted by NicoleAu I'd so love to see Times Square in person. I bet there's so much energy there