tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post3025769773574089669..comments2023-08-14T11:44:27.299-04:00Comments on Jeremiah's<br> Vanishing New York: Between 47 and 48Jeremiah Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-45364165224587751362011-03-29T21:04:34.167-04:002011-03-29T21:04:34.167-04:00No...the practice of hair straightening goes back ...No...the practice of hair straightening goes back a ways. There's a great scene in Spike Lee's movie Malcolm X where he straightens his hair - and it hurts pretty bad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-81120504038803221682011-03-27T19:22:44.210-04:002011-03-27T19:22:44.210-04:00thanks for writing, Anon, i love it when family me...thanks for writing, Anon, i love it when family members of the places here write in. is Jaffry's where hair-straightening began?Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-91480135771923348942011-03-27T13:37:33.249-04:002011-03-27T13:37:33.249-04:00As a regular reader of your blog, I was thrilled t...As a regular reader of your blog, I was thrilled to see my dad's business in your photos - he's the owner of Jaffry's. Mr. Jaffry owned the salon and my dad was a chemist who came up with the Hair Straitner formula. Jack Jaffry and my dad were in business together until Mr. Jaffry died and my father continued to make the hair straightener to sell to other salons and distributors until he retired. I remember going to that block when I was a kid so my dad could stop by the salon. Even then I thought, this is some rough area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-68461913180227402002011-03-24T08:09:03.926-04:002011-03-24T08:09:03.926-04:00Great urban archeology here. Nice work.
On anothe...Great urban archeology here. Nice work.<br /><br />On another block of Seventh Avenue up there, one of the ones now long ripped down, there was a kind of gay theme park sex club...several floors, sparse attendance...early/mid 1980s. My memory doesn't remind me which block or what its name was.ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02750800388443950585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-7653343434033165482011-03-23T22:48:37.646-04:002011-03-23T22:48:37.646-04:00thanks Ken. i was thinking about seeing the new pr...thanks Ken. i was thinking about seeing the new print of Taxi Driver, but maybe not if it's bright and shiny.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-47160416043042336842011-03-23T21:22:29.829-04:002011-03-23T21:22:29.829-04:00That was so evocative. It should be animated by th...That was so evocative. It should be animated by the original Disney dudes.<br />Taxi Driver at Film Forum is a new print using what I was told is a "4K scanning profess to bring out more details." I just thought it was way too bright. Taxi Driver should not be bright. Even though the world is a darker place today. Again, a great piece I could see in the New YorkerKen Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-24012398533624464032011-03-23T17:08:23.718-04:002011-03-23T17:08:23.718-04:00BirdonaWire, thank you for sharing your memories a...BirdonaWire, thank you for sharing your memories about the beauty salon. i thought maybe it was just a supplier. love it when readers fill in the blanks.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-68200535593061447182011-03-23T17:06:31.996-04:002011-03-23T17:06:31.996-04:00Wonderful.
I'd like to go back even further!Wonderful.<br /><br />I'd like to go back even further!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02121677765340808430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-87210657512262724372011-03-23T16:31:47.276-04:002011-03-23T16:31:47.276-04:00Thanks for the time travel, Jerimiah. My first vi...Thanks for the time travel, Jerimiah. My first visit was in 1988 getting off a bus at PABT, 18 and in town on a weekend pass from Fort Dix NJ. I was terrified and mesmerized by Times Square. When I came back in 2004, I was just horrified.Ennuipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329011414023803393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-78483778600066432212011-03-23T14:46:09.415-04:002011-03-23T14:46:09.415-04:00I just wanted to add that the beauty salon above t...I just wanted to add that the beauty salon above the Chinese place, Jaffry's, was the place my mother and her mother went to have their hair straightened from maybe the '50s through the '80s (they did to me too until I was old enough to oppose it). It was run by an old man, Mr. Jaffry, who had a top-secret patent on his foul-smelling straightening formula, which caused my head to burn, itch and peel, but left my hair perfectly straight. The women who worked for him had to sign a lifelong contract to not divulge his secret! Of course since I was a child I didn't notice all the porn stuff surrounding the salon.BirdOnAWirenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-20658816429011744772011-03-23T13:21:58.849-04:002011-03-23T13:21:58.849-04:00wish we all really could go back for that tour!
i...wish we all really could go back for that tour!<br /><br />ibrosey, that Sacketts billboard confounded me. i think maybe it went up in 1979 and then no one bothered to take it down for awhile. but i could be wrong.Jeremiah Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11791516443125872364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-32246366175077014862011-03-23T12:41:05.335-04:002011-03-23T12:41:05.335-04:00Awesome, thanks for the cheap night in Times Squar...Awesome, thanks for the cheap night in Times Square! I feel I must go wash my hands now... ;)Laura Goggin Photographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15517481509431547970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-92086099769870775492011-03-23T12:17:09.506-04:002011-03-23T12:17:09.506-04:00What a great tour through time! One of your best p...What a great tour through time! One of your best posts ever! Great writing and photos as always. That last shot sadly says it all. Bright lights, big clean orange walls. Time to go back in time and redeem that coupon.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.martyafterdark.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-78575653680323306422011-03-23T11:41:28.057-04:002011-03-23T11:41:28.057-04:00Also on 47 St & Broadway was the Orleans movie...Also on 47 St & Broadway was the Orleans movie house showing X rated films. Outside, on the front wall, was a mimic of a balcony from New Orleans, hence its name. It must have been known by a different name at one time because it was much too old. The stairway inside was very lush and wide, leading up to a large room but there was never anything in that room so you followed the stairs to a different level and came upon the movie theater. I can't remember if there was a different entrance to the theater area, seems that there would be one, because you entered the theater from the very top of the stairs, looking downwards. You would go down, pass to the other side then go back up again, on the other side. There would be a door, which you entered and find yourself surrounded by sexual partners of every age, from the very young to the very old. God, did I spend a lifetime in that room in just a few hours, whew! As it was, I never did see any X rated film in that movie house, had different interests, you might say.Mykola ( Mick) Dementiukhttp://www.MykolaDementiuk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-46742289831758536952011-03-23T10:09:55.950-04:002011-03-23T10:09:55.950-04:00While its true that the actual Disney corporation ...While its true that the actual Disney corporation has a presence in the "new" Times Square, I hate the term "Disneyfication" to describe the transformation of much of New York because Disney World is actually a pretty interesting place. There is at least more to see there than delis and mediocre restaurants.Ednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-394936398770265402011-03-23T09:47:34.951-04:002011-03-23T09:47:34.951-04:00To anonymous at 8:11am,
There's actually a go...To anonymous at 8:11am,<br /><br />There's actually a good book called "Times Square Roulette: Remaking the City Icon" that chronicles the transformation - actually went on over several decades. <br /><br />Also, Taxi Driver is screening at Film Forum, restored, if anyone wants to bask in this era on the big screen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-72454585515193580652011-03-23T09:38:26.812-04:002011-03-23T09:38:26.812-04:00Some of your best work yet, Jeremiah. It's ju...Some of your best work yet, Jeremiah. It's just amazing to see you so activated by your commentary and observations that you've become an archaeologist of sorts. Please don't ever stop!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-70288627953668972922011-03-23T09:02:12.468-04:002011-03-23T09:02:12.468-04:00Great, evocative tour, by the way. Thanks!Great, evocative tour, by the way. Thanks!ibroseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668899316128904667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-61032978453311416212011-03-23T08:58:13.043-04:002011-03-23T08:58:13.043-04:00IMDB says "The Sacketts" aired in May 19...IMDB says "The Sacketts" aired in May 1979. An ad for it is in the upper left of the first 80s photo.ibroseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668899316128904667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683382864156505640.post-21024539689883362272011-03-23T08:11:25.177-04:002011-03-23T08:11:25.177-04:00Thanks for that great story!
I marvel at the disn...Thanks for that great story!<br /><br />I marvel at the <i>disney-fication</i> of Times Square and how fast it happened.<br /><br />sad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com