This is what the Ed Sullivan Theater looks like without the Late Show with David Letterman marquee

For more than 20 years, the marquee for Late Show with David Letterman has dominated a small stretch of midtown Manhattan. The familiar blue-and-yellow awning atop the Ed Sullivan has greeted every person who entered the studio for a taping, and been the subject of countless tourist selfies.

And now it's gone. Just a week after the series finale of Late Show with David Letterman, this is what the Ed Sullivan Theater looks like:

Presumably, it'll get a little cozier when Stephen Colbert takes over in September.

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