Here's what it looked like before demolition, from the satellites of Google Earth:
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And here's the same aerial view today, via Jon Ford, who took the shot from his office window up above. It's a bird's-eye peek into the long-loved ballroom, busted open and strewn with rubble:
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Jon Ford
Roseland opened in 1919 and moved to 52nd Street in 1956. The boat-shaped ballroom had been a skating rink before then.
3 comments:
Ouch, my youth. :(
This one hurts...
I went to a concert there years ago and got kicked in the mouth by a flying mosher wearing Doc Marten's; dude knocked my tooth out and I never found it. Wonder if it's in that rubble somewhere?
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