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Figure 9.43
New York, New York.
(top) The New Amsterdam Theater in Times Square as it stood in
1947. Note the signs around the building, advertising arcade games and a fl ea circus. (bottom)
During the 1980s and 1990s, Times Square was “cleaned up” and reinvigorated. The Walt Disney
Company renovated the New Amsterdam Theater and now shows productions of musicals such
as
Beauty and the Beast
and
The Lion King
.
(left): ©Richard Levine/Alamy Images, (right): © Corbis-Bettmann.
