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There had also been some 'pinball and souvenir shops' on the site.

Dunlap of The New York Times described the sign as an 'exuberant cynosure of a naughtier, gaudier, vanishing Broadway'. The Pussycat had contained a large neon sign David W. Just prior to the hotel's construction, the site had contained six pornographic businesses owned by Michael Zaffarano, including the Pussycat Cinema and the Kitty Kat and Mardi Gras Topless Disco.

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The theater later became an adult movie theater called the Pussycat Cinema. Historically, the site had contained Churchill's Restaurant, which had been built in 1910 and redesigned as a theater in 1937. Malachy Roman Catholic Church to the northwest The Theater Center, Brill Building, and Ambassador Theatre to the north 750 Seventh Avenue to the northeast 1585 Broadway to the south and the Longacre Theatre, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, and Samuel J. The surrounding area is part of Manhattan's Theater District and contains many Broadway theatres. The mostly trapezoidal land lot covers 35,275 square feet (3,277.2В m 2), with a frontage of 203 feet (62В m) on Broadway and a depth of 194.48 feet (59.28В m).

It is one block north of Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

The Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan occupies the eastern end of the city block bounded by Eighth Avenue to the west, 49th Street to the north, Broadway to the east, and 48th Street to the south. The hotel rooms were closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Vornado Realty Trust then acquired majority ownership of the hotel in 2015. The City Investment Fund, a joint venture between Morgan Stanley Real Estate and Fisher Brothers, bought the Crowne Plaza in 2006 and renovated it again two years later. Adam Tihany redesigned the interior in 1999. For the first several years of the hotel's operation, its office space and exterior signage was empty. Construction commenced in 1988, and the hotel opened on December 1, 1989. bought the hotel's site in 1985 and subsequently razed the existing structures there. The hotel's tenants include the American Management Association, Learning Tree International, and formerly New York Sports Club (now closed).Дeveloper William Zeckendorf Jr. In addition to the hotel rooms themselves, the Crowne Plaza Times Square contains ground-story retail space, nine stories of office space, and a 159-space parking garage.

The hotel was designed to comply with city regulations that required deep setbacks at the base, as well as large illuminated signs. The facade was designed in glass and pink granite, with a 100-foot-tall (30В m) arch facing Broadway. The hotel was designed by Alan Lapidus and is 480 feet (150В m) tall with 46 floors. The hotel was operated by Highgate (third party franchisee), and part of the Intercontinental Hotels Group Crowne Plaza chain, the hotel has 795 guestrooms. The Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan (originally the Holiday Inn Crowne Plaza Manhattan) was a hotel at 1601 Broadway, between 48th and 49th Streets, in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.