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The transformation of Times Square is gaining momentum, especially as developers scurry to complete new projects by New Year's Eve 1999. In March, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners moved the Empire Theater, a 1912 terra-cotta-faced building, 168 feet west of its original location to make way for a 335,000-square-foot entertainment complex.The Empire's lobby and former auditorium will serve as an entrance to a new 25-screen movie theater with retail space, restaurants, and a Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. At 3,700 tons, the Empire (which was hydraulically pushed on a...