A place in New York
The Fiftieth Street movies
As it was then: much has changed since.
1920The Fiftieth Street moviesThe big picture palaces around Broadway and Fiftieth Street, which Jordan suggests as somewhere cool to spend the hottest afternoon of the summer.
Visiting today
The picture palaces Jordan knew are gone. Radio City Music Hall, built in 1932, a decade after the novel, stands at Sixth Avenue and 50th Street and still gives shows and tours. Subway: 50 St or 47–50 Sts–Rockefeller Center.
