PHOTO FLASH: A Look Inside Colony Records

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.