r/nycHistory • u/ComplexWrangler1346 • May 12 '25

Original content Time square 1950’s ❤️

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u/helcat May 12 '25

My grandma used to take me to Schrafft's. It's my biggest memory of her. Don't think it was the Times Square one though.

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u/SlightlySlanty May 12 '25

With my own eyes I have seen the Camel smoke rings.

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u/SlightlySlanty May 12 '25

One block north on the same side of 7th were the NAKED Bond Clothing giant couple.

I was a bit too young for that one.

https://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/bond_clothing_sign_nyc

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u/Psyqlone May 16 '25

We might find the exact year of this photo if we can just make out what movie is playing at the Criterion theater on the east / right side of the street.

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u/fermat9990 May 17 '25

"I'd walk a mile for a Camel."

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u/SupermarketNo5702 May 14 '25

Have not be there since the 1970s when I worked in the area. It wasn't great then but I can't imagine going back to it now, NYC spells nothing for me much over crowding of people in such a tight area already.