Burt lamented that his address had changed from 555 West 42nd Street when mgmt put the front entry on W43rd. [Note that they have given the address to the ensite theater, see below.]
Soon after we met, his address changed again from the 500 block in midtown west to the 500 block on E72nd.
While he had my apartment refurbished, I moved into his rental and enjoyed the pool and amenities and walking to the pier with him.
We were in the heart of Bway so both Bway and off-Bway theaters were a really just a hop away.
Yesterday was a chance to go back for a revisit. I went to Theater555 (it housed the Pearl Theatre for a while as I recall, and under a different name) to enjoy Breakin’ NYC.
Like the apartment on East 72nd, this one was pretty far from the subway. I took the bus. And going home I walked along 8th Av to the favored M31.
Let me guide you through the map of pictures at the top of this bit of nostalgia.
After we left this Bway nabe, we found ourselves here often . We were avid theater goers, and the Signature Theater, Playwrights’ Horizons, and Theater Row brought us back.
Starting with the top photo left, this little motel was a home of gay pride. Now, it appears to have taken on a Hudson Yards identity.
Photo 2 is a tribute to the caprices of mgmt. (Full disclosure, not the same mgmt that elected to change Burt’s address back in the day.)
Pictured 3, 4, 5, are all The Little Pie Company, now 40 years old, a youngster in 1990. We were not regulars back in the day, but we were always fans.
On this occasion, I went for that elusive strawberry-rhubarb pie [despite a warning from my friend BW that its season was Apr-May.] Photo 2 is cherry Montmorency now in season and tart enough to be a proper substitute.
Going up 8th Av, there are snaps of building and traffic up to the 57th St stop where I caught my homeward bound bus. Some of the buildings and restaurants I passed were new to me but it all felt familiar. It’s pretty much just as it was when Burt and I walked up the Avenue.
The French are right… plus ça change….
this is our life 