The Panic in Needle Park
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The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino and Kitty Winn. The screenplay is written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from
Original poster (with Ontario Censor Board classification)
Looking northward on Broadway toward 72nd Street in Verdi Square, New York City. The New York City Subway's 72nd Street station house can be seen at left.
Verdi Square
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Verdi Square is a 0.1-acre park on a trapezoidal traffic island on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Named for Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi, the park is bounded by 72nd Stree
The Panic in Needle Park
…the 1966 novel by James Mills. The film portrays life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in "Needle Park" (a nickname at that time for the Verdi Square–Sherman Square area of Manhattan's Upper West Side). The film is a love story between Bobby (Pacino), a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen…
Statue of Giuseppe Verdi in Verdi Square, New York City January 2013
New head house
The bronze luminaire once stood by the Firemen's Memorial at Riverside Drive at 100th Street; it was re-erected here at the refurbishing of Verdi Square in 2004