Erotic phantoms of NYC’s Eighth Avenue…
This deserves a reblog of it’s own.. history lesson time peeps of a lost world. .
Irv O. Neil's EROTICA IS MY TRADE
One thing that fascinates me is what existed in certain spaces before what is there now. I always remember the previous tenants, especially if they have some erotic or sleazy context… 😉
For example, the northeast stretch of Eighth Avenue between 45th and 46th Streets:
This used to have three notorious porn theaters: the Capri (where the parking lot is now on the left); and the gay-themed Eros and the hetero-themed Venus. I can’t help but see in my mind the facades of those vanished edifices superimposed over the hordes of tourists who now stroll by and patronize the restaurants and bar and open-air market that now inhabit those urban footprints.
A block up to 47th and Eighth, across the street on the northwest side, is a marquee for what is now a sightseeing business:
Previously in the 1980s this space housed the Hollywood Twin Cinemas, but even before that…
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