tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post8528363820201859196..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Midnight Cowboy: 25 fascinating, sleazy New York details, a celebration of 42nd Street from an X-rated Oscar winnerThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-21102924545326679722014-07-30T00:21:52.576-04:002014-07-30T00:21:52.576-04:00Item #3... I heard it with my Dad's voice, and...Item #3... I heard it with my Dad's voice, and can't find it again! My fact, he was listening on his radio on the bus and picked up WTFM in Flushing Meadows, NY! If you can find that version, that was my Dad on the radio! Jerry Janes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-33199661879159094222014-04-02T07:22:22.587-04:002014-04-02T07:22:22.587-04:00Great movies, good times!Great movies, good times!Tribeca Hotelhttp://www.tribecagrand.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-57743646551446705392013-11-02T12:07:33.655-04:002013-11-02T12:07:33.655-04:00Number 24 facinating fact: This was also the apar...Number 24 facinating fact: This was also the apartment for J.J. Hudsucker in the movie "Sweet Smell of Success"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-92232143118832034062013-11-02T12:01:34.336-04:002013-11-02T12:01:34.336-04:00My sentiments exactly. It's funny how actors ...My sentiments exactly. It's funny how actors can wind up with completely opposite type charaters in their carrers. I guess that why they call it acting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-56127777235906088962013-02-27T12:05:01.838-05:002013-02-27T12:05:01.838-05:00Times Square Area gave me the creeps 40 years ago ...Times Square Area gave me the creeps 40 years ago and it still does today. Had to go see a client in Jersey City earlier this month and had a brilliant idea of taking a bus from the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Now there's a NYC time capsule of from the 60's and just as scary today.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603017982448799442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-17835342486828786652013-02-25T05:36:40.545-05:002013-02-25T05:36:40.545-05:00This is a great article as everyone can relate to ...This is a great article as everyone can relate to locations from the movie. I've crossed 58th St at 6th Ave many times not knowing it was in the film. In the movies you can be anyone. One day your a shy boy (Bob Balaban) hanging out in the men's restroom, then later you become the head of NBC television at 30 Rock (Seinfeld).<br />Is there really any question which NYC is better, 70's or 2013?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-5531402354968922222013-02-24T12:14:21.185-05:002013-02-24T12:14:21.185-05:00I'm puzzled by the comment about comparing Cow...I'm puzzled by the comment about comparing Cowboy's NYC to today's glass and condo crap city. This is one of many movies that made me want to move here. I saw it a little after it came out, when in high school. It's a great city...crazy, diverse, rich sections, sleazy sections, it's affordable, gritty in part and very establishment in others. Very, very different from the increasingly homogenized, chain store overrun, big-city Anytown feel it has now.<br /><br />For me, at any rate, this pulled me to college on L.I., and I came into the city during the mid-70s whenever I had any money (which wasn't often). Finally moved here mid-80s after a million day trips, and have never been disappointed in the city until the last 10-12 years or so.<br /><br />I suppose it's wholly different for the young people who've come here in that time. Or maybe not. Maybe that's why they go to Bushwick, to see if maybe they can still find a little piece of Midnight Cowboy New York to live in.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876016557456927299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-54388678412951886172013-02-24T09:44:49.627-05:002013-02-24T09:44:49.627-05:00Fantastic post -- I'm away to watch the film b...Fantastic post -- I'm away to watch the film before I return to read it properly.Jane Houshamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00838867793630660837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-8390572387259203662013-02-24T05:49:17.427-05:002013-02-24T05:49:17.427-05:00Sweet article.
Would love if you guys did somethin...Sweet article.<br />Would love if you guys did something similar with other NY classics: Serpico, Manhattan, Prince of the City, Taxi Driver just to name a few.<br />Keep the awesome work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-60272607784366426802013-02-23T19:48:21.750-05:002013-02-23T19:48:21.750-05:00another interesting, excellent post by the BB!another interesting, excellent post by the BB!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-14836910701296488082013-02-22T17:42:15.474-05:002013-02-22T17:42:15.474-05:00Hi guys, another great article. Thank you. I rem...Hi guys, another great article. Thank you. I remember seeing Midnight Cowboy in London's Leicester Square just days after its release and being blown away! I must watch it again for views of the Apple Bank Building which I visited a couple of years ago on my last visit to the city. <br /><br />When you mention the Kimberly Hotel, you don't mean the one 1t 145 E 50th Street do you? A bit of a stretch to call that Times Square :)<br /><br />I'm a big fan of Harry Nilsson but have always thought that Fred Neil's Everybody's Talking was the right choice over I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City. Apparently they were both submitted to the film makers but Fred's song won the day! <br /><br />If you ever turn your attention to London, you could do a whole program on Nilsson's infamous flat in Mayfair which was just across from the Playboy Club. He used to lend it to musician friends and it was here that both Mama Cass and Keith Moon met their untimely ends.<br /><br />Keep up the good work.<br /><br />Nic.Nic Brokenshirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540041429305066829noreply@blogger.com