Glad that the site has been put to such productive, high-valued-added use. It’ll probably sit empty for another five years, at least, in this economy. Wonder what the developer paid, what his mortgage is like and how much he’s shelling out to the city in the way of property taxes every 90 days. “Seemed like a good idea at the time.”
Oh wait. I know. “NYU can bail me out…In fact, it’ll be able to use money from `the stimulus package' to erect yet another dormitory, with tax-free assistance from the New York State Dormitory Authority.” What a joke.
The McGovern for President headquarters opened in 1971 next door, at the corner of 512 Main Street, East Orange, and stayed open through November, 1972. Hundreds of us went through those offices, beside the mighty Ormont.
Friends and I in high school would drive to the Ledgewood in the mid 1970s from Summit. I was the runt of the litter and got to hide in the trunk in order to save the $3-4 admission. Claustrophobic joy.
The Jefferson was probably the toughest house in Manhattan because it was adjacent to a very tough neighborhood, the Gashouse District. And its vaudeville attendance would have dwindled when thousands of people were evicted from their homes to make way for Stuyevsant Town beginning in 1945. The first resident in Stuy Town didn’t move in until 1947-1948.
Blue Star Shopping Center opened in 1959.
Groundbreaking for the 1,250-seat theater was August 22, 1963 (“Watchung”, by David B. Page)
Glad that the site has been put to such productive, high-valued-added use. It’ll probably sit empty for another five years, at least, in this economy. Wonder what the developer paid, what his mortgage is like and how much he’s shelling out to the city in the way of property taxes every 90 days. “Seemed like a good idea at the time.”
Oh wait. I know. “NYU can bail me out…In fact, it’ll be able to use money from `the stimulus package' to erect yet another dormitory, with tax-free assistance from the New York State Dormitory Authority.” What a joke.
The McGovern for President headquarters opened in 1971 next door, at the corner of 512 Main Street, East Orange, and stayed open through November, 1972. Hundreds of us went through those offices, beside the mighty Ormont.
And a cigarette ad, (Kents, perhaps), on the side of the side of the bus in the foreground.
Friends and I in high school would drive to the Ledgewood in the mid 1970s from Summit. I was the runt of the litter and got to hide in the trunk in order to save the $3-4 admission. Claustrophobic joy.
The Jefferson was probably the toughest house in Manhattan because it was adjacent to a very tough neighborhood, the Gashouse District. And its vaudeville attendance would have dwindled when thousands of people were evicted from their homes to make way for Stuyevsant Town beginning in 1945. The first resident in Stuy Town didn’t move in until 1947-1948.