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Old 47th Abandoned in Times Square Redevelopment
The 106 year old West 47th Street Police Station is closed as Broadway detectives move up town. The Times Square and 42nd Street honky tonk area will be divided among adjacent precincts, ending a landmark scene of mobsters and bootleggers from the prohibition era.
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New York
Dutch Schultz
Polly Adler
Arnold Rothstein
Owney Madden
Vincent Coll
West 47Th Street
Times Square
42Nd Street Honky Tonk
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