New York Film Locations



Born to Win (1971)

Last Updated: Sept 2012

Jay Jay (George Segal), is a former hair dresser who has become a drug addict. He lives his new life by doing deals for Vivian (Hector Elizondo) from time to time. One day he meets Parm (Karen Black), a free spirited girl. The two fall in love. Jay Jay's drug habit grows, and he soon resorts to robbery. On the threat of arrest, he works alongside two dirty policemen by becoming a narc, and reports on his former fellow junkies. Yet, as the movie continues, Jay Jay sinks deeper into turmoil with feelings of self-hatred.


Times Square (Broadway, 7th Avenue, West 42nd and 47th Streets) Manhattan.
 

 

(Near Bonwit Teller Store) 5th Avenue and East 56th Street, Manhattan.
 

Bonwit Teller & Co.

Bonwit Teller & Co. was a department store in New York City founded by Paul Bonwit in 1895 at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. In 1897 Edmund D. Teller was admitted to the partnership and the store moved to 23rd Street, East of Sixth Avenue. Bonwit specialized in high-end women's apparel at a time when many of its competitors were diversifying their product lines, and Bonwit Teller became noted within the trade for the quality of its merchandise as well as the above-average salaries paid to both buyers and executives. The partnership was incorporated in 1907 and the store made another move, this time to the corner of Fifth Avenue and 38th Street. Throughout much of the twentieth century, Bonwit Teller was one of a group of upscale department stores on Fifth Avenue that catered to the "carriage trade". Among its most notable peers were Peck & Peck, Saks Fifth Avenue and B. Altman and Company.Bonwit changed ownership frequently, particularly after 1979. Bonwit Teller's parent company declared bankruptcy in 1989, resulting in the closure of the bulk of the company's stores. Despite efforts over the years to restore the brand, Bonwit Teller is largely a moribund brand.

 

Madison Avenue (btw East 24th and 25th Streets) Manhattan.
 

 



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