In 1930, the park was renamed Loew Square, and the Loew's Pitkin Theater towered over it across Pitkin Avenue.
The most tangible symbol of the restoration is outside: a new revolving globe of steel, based on Matcham's original, slowly spins atop the theater's tower with "COLISEUM" spelled out in lights.
The authority hoped to capitalize on the revival of Times Square, a once seedy district suddenly awash in new theaters, office towers and retailers.
Two of Main Street's cultural staples, the Capitol Theater and the towering Y.M.C.A., have been closed for longer than some residents can remember, and many storefronts stand empty.
Engineered wood structures are largely used in the developed countries for constructions of schools, churches, commercial and industrial buildings, residences, pavilions, highway and railway bridges, towers, theater screens, ships, military and marine installations.
In 1999, when the building was on the verge of collapse, it was rescued and beautifully renovated as a theater, its once-soaring tower rebuilt as a symbol of its revival.
Some of London's most historic areas are along the line: Southwark, with Shakespeare's Globe (the open-air replica of the original Wooden O theater); and the Oxo Tower Wharf with its restaurants, museum and designer galleries and studios.
If your theater has a fly tower use this to rig the ropes.
Demolition for the new apartment tower and theaters began last week by the builders, Daniel Brodsky, Robert Quinlan and Michael Field.
The guests, most of them still in their work attire, sip wine while milling about the assorted watercolors and photographs of residential towers and theater complexes.
