THEN: The entrance of The Door at 1818 Seventh Ave., shown in June 1959, featured a gate that co-owner Ben Laigo rescued from a junk shop. The address was the site of rental rooms from the 1900s to mid-1920s, a furniture and appliance dealer and cleaning and dye works through the 1940s and the Tower Café in the early 1950s. (Courtesy Ben Laigo)