Last of Movie Palaces Gives Regards to Broadway By Robert Osborne
The 1,440-seat Astor Plaza at 44th and Broadway, which opened in 1974 with Barbra Streisand's "For Pete's Sake," will shutter and be converted into a live rock concert hall.
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