Times Square, NYC. April/2018
Times Square, NYC. April/2018
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattansection of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It stretches from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.[1] Brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements, Times Square is sometimes referred to as "The Crossroads of the World", "The Center of the Universe", "the heart of The Great White Way", and the "heart of the world". One of the world's busiest pedestrian areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater District and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million visitors annually.[11] Approximately 330,000 people pass through Times Square daily,[12] many of them tourists,[13] while over 460,000 pedestrians walk through Times Square on its busiest days.
Formerly known as Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the then newly erected Times Building – now One Times Square – the site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop which began on December 31, 1907, and continues today, attracting over a million visitors to Times Square every year.
Times Square functions as a town square, but is not a square in the geometric sense of a polygon; it is more of a bowtie shape, with two triangles emanating roughly north and south from 45th Street, where Seventh Avenue intersects Broadway. Broadway runs diagonally, crossing through the horizontal and vertical street grid of Manhattan laid down by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, and that intersection creates the "bowtie" shape of Times Square
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Times Square é a denominação da área formada na confluência e cruzamento de duas grandes avenidas da cidade de Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos; podendo ser definida como uma grande praça ou largo, composta por vários cruzamentos e esquinas.
A área está localizada na junção da Broadway com a Sétima Avenida, entre a 42nd Street e a 47th Street, na região central de Manhattan. É uma área comercial, onde todos os prédios são obrigados a instalar letreiros luminosos para propósitos de publicidade.
Cabe ressaltar que a Times Square não se trata de uma rua ou avenida, uma vez que não existe nenhuma via trafegável registrada e denominada como tal no Guia Oficial de Ruas e Endereços da Cidade de Nova Iorque;[2] tampouco pode ser tratada como uma simples esquina, já que a área mapeada pela prefeitura da cidade incluía oficialmente 12 cruzamentos de vias públicas, tendo sido mais recentemente modificada para atender o grande fluxo de turistas e transeuntes, com a definição de áreas exclusivas para pedestres
Fonte: Wikipedia
Times Square, NYC. April/2018
Times Square, NYC. April/2018
Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment center and neighborhood in the Midtown Manhattansection of New York City at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It stretches from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.[1] Brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements, Times Square is sometimes referred to as "The Crossroads of the World", "The Center of the Universe", "the heart of The Great White Way", and the "heart of the world". One of the world's busiest pedestrian areas, it is also the hub of the Broadway Theater District and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist attractions, drawing an estimated 50 million visitors annually.[11] Approximately 330,000 people pass through Times Square daily,[12] many of them tourists,[13] while over 460,000 pedestrians walk through Times Square on its busiest days.
Formerly known as Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the then newly erected Times Building – now One Times Square – the site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop which began on December 31, 1907, and continues today, attracting over a million visitors to Times Square every year.
Times Square functions as a town square, but is not a square in the geometric sense of a polygon; it is more of a bowtie shape, with two triangles emanating roughly north and south from 45th Street, where Seventh Avenue intersects Broadway. Broadway runs diagonally, crossing through the horizontal and vertical street grid of Manhattan laid down by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, and that intersection creates the "bowtie" shape of Times Square
Source: Wikipedia
Times Square é a denominação da área formada na confluência e cruzamento de duas grandes avenidas da cidade de Nova Iorque, Estados Unidos; podendo ser definida como uma grande praça ou largo, composta por vários cruzamentos e esquinas.
A área está localizada na junção da Broadway com a Sétima Avenida, entre a 42nd Street e a 47th Street, na região central de Manhattan. É uma área comercial, onde todos os prédios são obrigados a instalar letreiros luminosos para propósitos de publicidade.
Cabe ressaltar que a Times Square não se trata de uma rua ou avenida, uma vez que não existe nenhuma via trafegável registrada e denominada como tal no Guia Oficial de Ruas e Endereços da Cidade de Nova Iorque;[2] tampouco pode ser tratada como uma simples esquina, já que a área mapeada pela prefeitura da cidade incluía oficialmente 12 cruzamentos de vias públicas, tendo sido mais recentemente modificada para atender o grande fluxo de turistas e transeuntes, com a definição de áreas exclusivas para pedestres
Fonte: Wikipedia