Colony Records, a Times Square fixture on the corner of West 49th Street and Broadway, will close in the coming weeks due to declining sales and a rise in expenses, the owners, Richard Turk and Michael Grossbardt, have explained. The sheet music and memorabilia emporium was founded by their fathers, Harold S. “Nappy” Grossbardt and Sidney Turk, in 1948 on West 52nd Street, before moving to its current location in the 1970’s.
In this slideshow, TheaterMania takes you inside Colony Records for a look at the aisles, the shoppers, and the 50,000-plus volume record collection belonging to Grossbardt, which is kept in the store’s basement.
Click here to read TheaterMania’s special report on the memories of Colony Records.
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The Colony Records Neon Sign
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Shoppers peruse aisles filled with books of sheet music
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Collections of records and other music memorabilia cover every corner of the store
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The inside of Colony Records
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The staircase down to the basement is covered in record albums
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Colony Records CEO Michael Grossbardt examines a single record from his 50,000+ volume collection, housed in the store’s basement
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Colony Records, a theater district fixture since 1948, will close its doors for good this September
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