Update on the Times Square Theatre- Page 3

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 12:45pm

“ Or they can literally RAISE the theatre like the palace and create a loading dock below the raised building.”

 

no they literally can’t I swear to god yall just say nonsense at the mirror so somebody will agree with you. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 12:56pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "Raising the building is also not an option. It is historically landmarked."

If the city has charged New 42 to find new life for the building they can certainly decide that the building is beyond a new life. They’ve been trying to find a new tenant for 30+ years. They should move on and raze it. Plenty of historically landmarked buildings have been demolished in the past. Why are they so adamant in protecting this building? I just don’t see a future life for this building, maybe I’m just being a pessimist.

Updated On: 5/8/24 at 12:56 PM

[MayAudraBlessYou2]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 1:28pm

It is not "beyond a new life". There have been plenty of interested parties with legit, feasible plans for the building. Including the current one. It has just had an unfortunate string of bad luck with tenants. It's a major piece of (very expensive) real estate. Sometimes it takes years to find the right fit for such a property. It is a very common occurrence in the city. Take the 7 or N out to Queens and take a look at the array of vacant buildings littering the streets, some of them completed but empty shells, others with construction halted with only partial skeletons erected. And they've been that way for YEARS. All because of money issues.

You are welcome to feel however you want about this particular building. But the fact is that the city has declared it to be an important part of the street and wants it to stay. New 42 wants to find a landlord and begin collecting real rent. There are no plans to abandon these efforts. They have ownership for 99 years. The construction will resume when proper funding is secured and major tenants are in place. That's the plan, whether it takes another year or 10 years. If you are hoping that the thing gets demolished, or raised up in the air, or converted into a Broadway house...you will simply be waiting forever.

[Broadway Flash]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 1:44pm

I have also noticed all of the open real estate on 42nd. My dream is to restore the lyric and Times Square theatre and turn it back into three playhouses run by a non profit.  What exactly is in the way of the theatre and 43rd?

[RippedMan]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 2:26pm

I think the Hayes doesn't allow for there to be any accessibility on the 43rd street side.

[bigbelterbaby]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 3:33pm

Someone in the other thread posted pics of the theatre on the inside from a few years ago. With enough money anything can happen. This building is just begging to be a theatre again and has lasted this long. It’s a like a ghost on 42nd street, Broadways Grey House. 

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 3:55pm

MayAudraBlessYou2 said: "It is not "beyond a new life". There have been plenty of interested parties with legit, feasible plans for the building. Including the current one."

I’m not sure how you can claim all these redevelopment plans have been legit and *feasible* when, obviously, none of them have stuck and are in fact NOT feasible. 

[sorano916]

Posted: 5/8/24 at 3:57pm

bigbelterbaby said: "Someone in the other thread posted pics of the theatre on the inside from a few years ago. With enough money anything can happen. This building is just begging to be a theatre again and has lasted this long. It’s a like a ghost on 42nd street, Broadways Grey House."

That was me. I took a hard hat tour back in 2019, when the idea was to make it into a shopping center.

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