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Looking westward, from a fire escape on 43rd Street in Manhattan, that was at the the rear of the New Amsterdam Theatre in August, 1978. We were broadcasting live drawings of the NY State Lottery from the Roof Garden at that time. The theatre was originally the home of the Ziegfeld Follies whose producer, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. maintained an office in the building, and operated a nightclub on the roof. It was used as a movie theatre beginning in 1937, and closed in 1985. During the 1990's, while the "new" New Amsterdam was being renovated, the Roof Garden was closed, when it was discovered that it could not meet modern building codes.

Description
Looking westward, from a fire escape on 43rd Street in Manhattan, that was at the the rear of the New Amsterdam Theatre in August, 1978. We were broadcasting live drawings of the NY State Lottery from the Roof Garden at that time. The theatre was originally the home of the Ziegfeld Follies whose producer, Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. maintained an office in the building, and operated a nightclub on the roof. It was used as a movie theatre beginning in 1937, and closed in 1985. During the 1990's, while the "new" New Amsterdam was being renovated, the Roof Garden was closed, when it was discovered that it could not meet modern building codes.