Tag Archives: Times Square

Old Faces

January 25, 2020 – 9:03 am

This photo from a 42nd Street porno parlor dates back to the early 80s. For some reason the older man looks familiar, as if he might have been involved in the nightclub business. No one I asked knew his name mostly because they didn’t recognize him. Then again not everyone toured the XXX shops of […]

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1970s Versus Now

January 25, 2020 – 3:18 am

Where be my Time machine, Mister Wizard. Fuck now. 1970s always.

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Nothing 2015

January 1, 2020 – 3:46 pm

Someone once told me, “How you spend New Year’s Day is how you will spend the rest of the year.” Back in 2015 after a pleasant dinner west of Times Square I walked down 42nd Street to catch the N train at 7th Avenue. The sidewalks were crowded with revelers and the police were struggling […]

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The Last Days of Babylon from missrosen.com

December 18, 2015 – 7:46 am

The Last Days of Babylon July 12, 2013 Throughout 70s and 80s the Times Square was a haven for XXX theaters, go-go girls, pimps, whore houses, rent boys, hustlers, thieves, dealers, and lowlifes on the make. Police and city authorities had declared the area as DMZ for crime and sex. The 1977 debut of Show […]

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Oh Poor Babylon

December 3, 2015 – 5:53 pm

This month I’ve had a number of opportunities to pass through Times Square. Each time I’m shocked by the gross commercialization of an infamous sex entrepot. Go-Go bars have been replaced by Starbucks. Old movie theaters are shopping malls for uniform fashion and tawdry clip joints have been replaced by mainstream eateries serving GMO food. […]

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