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Times Square along West 46th Street at Broadway and 7th Avenue in New York City, NY on Tuesday night, 24 August 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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The 2018 Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga, Presented by Aerie, took place on Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 7:30am through 8:45pm.
Our grandchildren will ask us what did we do when Israel was committing genocide to Palestinians? "I did everything I could to stop it!"
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. Times Square iconified as "The Crossroads of the World" and the "The Great White Way" is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.
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The side of the electronic billboard in Times Square also says "Stop Bombing Kids." John F Kennedy was right when he said the UK had no right to give Israel Palestinian land. Israel forced 750,000 Palestinians off their land by force in 1948 and Israel has been committing war crimes for 76 years with full US, UK & France support arming the genocidal war criminal illegal state. Zionism has hijacked Judaism's sacred books, the Bible and Torah. A noble religion has been taken over by crazed Zionists. There are millions of good & honorable Jews. Almost all do not live in Israel.
The 2018 Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga, Presented by Aerie, took place on Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 7:30am through 8:45pm.
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. The extended Times Square area, also called the Theatre District, consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and West 53rd Streets from south to north, making up the western part of the commercial area of Midtown Manhattan.
Electric Billboard in Times Square asking us to pray for Gaza. Please pray for Gaza. They are being slaughtered by Israel with US support.
I think the fade in on the video did not let a thumbnail be shown, so I have selected no fade in when starting a video. Hopefully this corrects the problem of no thumbnail picture of the video not being shown.
The 2018 Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga, Presented by Aerie, took place on Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 7:30am through 8:45pm.
U.S. Armed Forces Recruiting Station, Times Square, NYC -- Memorial Day
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Next to Red Steps at Times Square along Broadway near West 47th Street in New York City, NY on Tuesday night, 24 August 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Polar Plunge Atlantic Ocean Beach Winter Swimming Brooklyn NYC USA December 31st 2021 - January 1st 2022
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POLAR BEAR PLUNGE
Not only is this New York's grandest and most unique New Year's tradition, it raises funds for some of the most amazing non-profit and community organizations in Coney Island which are dedicated to developing a resurgent and sustainable neighborhood! Every New Year's Day, over 15,000 brave souls from all over the world join us in this long-lived tradition!
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#ConeyIsland #PolarPlunge #WinterSwimming #Brooklyn #NYC
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Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max smartphone photo and 4K at 60 fps low light night video
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Coney Island winter Polar Plunge swim dedicated to Mother Theresa Irene Wolowski who celebrated 88th birthday on December 17th 2021
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The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States, whose members regularly take polar bear plunges in the winters. The club was founded by famed health advocate Bernarr McFadden in 1903.
The club began using the event to raise funds for Special Olympics starting in 2005, and Camp Sunshine in 2007. In 2018, the club decided to support local groups and charities and began partnering with the Alliance for Coney Island to raise funds for local nonprofit organizations.
Members swim in the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island, New York, United States every Sunday from November through April. Every New Year's Day, the Club is joined by participants from around the country, who partake in an annual swim. The 2005 event had 300 participants and 6000 onlookers. The Chief Polar Bear blows a conch shell to gather the swimmers before they run into the water.
The club was mentioned in popular culture. It is mentioned on the season three episode of Seinfeld, The Pez Dispenser In the episode Kramer informs Jerry that he has joined the club, claiming it to be 'invigorating'. It was also publicized on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped segment by Dan Bakkedahl about the effects of global warming on the club in faux-nature documentary style.
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119th Annual Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Plunge!
Taking place on January 1, 2022, unlike past years the plunge will be an open swim, the beach will open starting at 11am and allow you to swim at any point until 2pm on the world famous Coney Island Beach. All funds raised help support our local non-profits and community by supporting a variety of initiatives including free public programming, environmental and educational programming, quality of life issues and more. With your help, we can help ensure that Coney Island continues to thrive!
No fee to participate but we encourage donations & fundraising for your plunge!
Registration begins at 10AM, we recommend that all plungers arrive no later than 12PM
Registration tables are located at Stillwell Avenue & the Boardwalk
All participants must sign a waiver on-site the day of the Plunge
Plungers under 18 years of age must have their parent or guardian present to sign the waiver the day of the Plunge.
Plunge as an individual, create a team, join a team or you can even help virtually!
Info about the Plunge:
There is no fee for plunging but donations are encouraged and you must register in order to participate. There is no donation minimum required to register online, You can register and pledge here, or on-site the morning of the plunge after 10:00am. All participants should arrive by 12PM to go through registration. If you are plunging as a group/team, all members must arrive together in order to ensure you all have the same plunge time. ALL participants whether pre-registered or registering the day of must go to the registration area to claim their wristbands with designated times to participate.
Bring warm clothes, surf boots or old sneakers, towels and definitely bring your camera! The NYC Parks Department provides changing facilities on the Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue.
Plunge for a Cause!
Coney Island is a neighborhood of 50,000 residents with a poverty rate close to 30% and is situated right on the Atlantic Ocean. The Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day Plunge helps raise funds to support the local organizations including the New York Aquarium, Alliance for Coney Island, Coney Island USA, Coney Island History Project and other local arts and history organizations helping to make a difference in the Coney Island community.
Nine years after the devastation of Superstorm Sandy and throughout the 2019 Pandemic, the Coney Island neighborhood continues to recover. The Alliance for Coney Island is focused on ensuring residents have an improved quality of life through their supplemental services and workforce development programs.
With your help, the funds raised will support workforce development programs for local residents to connect them to job opportunities and neighborhood services, as well as help increase their advocacy for clean water and educate the public about waste.
We need your help to do this work! Please register today or create a team and spread the word about this fun and charitable event!
DIRECTIONS: We strongly encourage that plungers take mass transit:
Via Subway
N, F, or Q to Stillwell Ave. Station. Please note the D train is not running to Coney Island this winter.
Via Brooklyn Buses
B36 | Coney Island/ Avenue U
B64 | Coney Island / Bay Ridge
B68 | Brighton Beach/ Windsor Terrace
B74 | Sea Gate/ Coney Island
B82 | Coney Island / Spring Creek
Via Manhattan Express Buses
X28 | Bensonhurst / Midtown
If driving, please use google maps for directions. There is very limited on street parking on West 15th Street & West 10th Street. Parking is also available at Maimonides Park, 1904 Surf Avenue.
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The Coney Island Polar Bear Club is the oldest winter bathing organization in the United States. We swim in the Atlantic Ocean at Coney Island every Sunday from November through April. Since 1903, we have been hosting a public New Year’s Day Plunge for all brave souls to welcome the New Year.
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Alliance for Coney Island
1904 Surf Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11224
@ConeyIslandFun
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Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceans, with an area of about 41,100,000 sq miles It covers approximately 20 percent of Earth's surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area
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Coney Island
Coney Island is a peninsular neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to the north, and includes the subsections of Sea Gate to its west and Brighton Beach to its east. Coney Island was formerly the westernmost of the Outer Barrier islands on the southern shore of Long Island, but in the early 20th century it became a peninsula, connected to the rest of Long Island
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Coney Island is no longer an island
The Coney Island creek, which gets cut off at Shell Road used to be a river which flowed into Sheepshead Bay, but through the process of landfill Coney Island was connected to the rest of Brooklyn which is located on the land mass known as Long Island NY
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the most populous county in the state, the second-most densely populated county in the United States, and New York City's most populous borough, with an estimated 2,648,403 residents in 2020. If each borough were ranked as a city, Brooklyn would rank 3rd most populous
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New York City
New York City comprises 5 boroughs Manhattan - The Bronx - Queens BKNY SINY
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The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904
The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907
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Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Brooklyn NY cited to be started by Lucy Spata when she moved to the neighborhood in the 1980s
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Shore Thing Movie 2008
A series of shark attacks in New York waters not otherwise known for activity are occurring (netted beach, freshwater lake, a muddy creek). Film by Lovari filmed scenes on the Coney Island Boardwalk
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Nathan's Hot Dogs
Nathan's began in 1916 as a nickel hot dog stand in Coney Island founded by Polish Jewish immigrant Nathan Handwerker (June 14, 1892 – March 24, 1974)
The original Nathan's restaurant stands at the corner of Surf and Stillwell Avenues in the Coney Island neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York
Nathan's is listed on the Nasdaq as $NATH
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Mermaid Parade
The MERMAID PARADE specifically was founded in 1983 with 3 goals: it brings mythology to life for local residents who live on streets named Mermaid and Neptune ; it creates self-esteem in a district that is often disregarded as “entertainment”; and it lets artistic New Yorkers find self-expression in public
Unlike most parades, this one has no ethnic, religious, or commercial aims. It’s a major New York holiday invented by artists! An American version of the summer-solstice celebration
Mermaid Parade
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Luna Park
Luna Park is the name of an amusement park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. It opened on May 29, 2010, at the site of Astroland, an amusement park that had been in operation from 1962 to 2008, and Dreamland, which operated at the same site for the 2009 season. It was named after the original 1903 Luna Park which operated until 1944 on a site just north of the current park's 1000 Surf Avenue location
Luna Park at Coney Island
1000 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn New York 11224
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Cyclone Roller Coaster
Cyclone wooden roller coaster opened on June 26, 1927 with .25 cent rides
The Cyclone was declared a New York City landmark on July 12, 1988, and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 26, 1991
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Deno’s Wonder Wheel is a world famous NYC Landmark attraction. Built in 1920, and in continuous operation with a perfect safety record. Over 40 million people have enjoyed this iconic ride. Marvel at the incredible views from 150 feet high atop the Coney Island beach all the way to the Manhattan skyline. Perfect for all generations and one of the most romantic rides in the world
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Parachute Jump 1939 Coney Island Brooklyn NY Steeplechase Park Plaza Riegelmann Boardwalk
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View from Red Steps at Times Square along Broadway near West 47th Street in New York City, NY on Tuesday night, 24 August 2021 by Elvert Barnes Photography
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Times Square is a major commercial intersection and a neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of Broadway (now converted into a pedestrian plaza) and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. Times Square – iconified as "The Crossroads of the World",[1][2][3][4][5] "The Center of the Universe",[6][7][8] and the "The Great White Way"[9][10][11] – is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District,[12] one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections,[13] and a major center of the world's entertainment industry.[14] According to Travel + Leisure magazine's October 2011 survey, Times Square is the world's most visited tourist attraction, hosting over 39 million visitors annually.[15] Approximately a third of a million people pass through Times Square daily, many of whom are either tourists or people working in the area.[16]
Formerly Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in April 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building – now called One Times Square – site of the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve.[17]
The northern triangle of Times Square is technically Duffy Square, dedicated in 1937 to Chaplain Francis P. Duffy of New York City's "Fighting 69th" Infantry Regiment; a memorial to Duffy is located there, along with a statue of George M. Cohan, and the TKTS discount theater tickets booth. The stepped red roof of the TKTS booth also provides seating for various events. The Duffy Statue and the square were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[18]
Contents
[hide] 1 History 1.1 Early history
1.2 Early 20th century
1.3 1980s–present
2 New Year's Eve celebrations
3 Notable landmarks
4 In popular culture
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
History[edit]
Broadway at 42nd St in 1880
A crowd outside The New York Times to follow the progress of the Jack Dempsey–Georges Carpentier fight in 1921
Early history[edit]
Main article: Longacre Square
Before and after the American Revolution, the area belonged to John Morin Scott, a general of the New York militia, in which he served under George Washington. Scott's manor house was at what is currently 43rd Street, surrounded by countryside used for farming and breeding horses. In the first half of the 19th century it became one of the prized possessions of John Jacob Astor, who made a second fortune selling off lots to hotels and other real estate concerns as the city rapidly spread uptown.[19] By 1872, the area had become the center of New York's carriage industry. The area not having previously been named, the city authorities called it Longacre Square after Long Acre in London, where the carriage trade in that city was centered.[20]
Early 20th century[edit]
In 1904, New York Times publisher Adolph S. Ochs moved the newspaper's operations to a new skyscraper on 42nd Street at Longacre Square. Ochs persuaded Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. to construct a subway station there, and the area was renamed "Times Square" on April 8, 1904. Just three weeks later, the first electrified advertisement appeared on the side of a bank at the corner of 46th Street and Broadway.[21]
The New York Times, according to Nolan, moved to more spacious offices west of the square in 1913. The old Times Building was later named the Allied Chemical Building. Now known simply as One Times Square, it is famed for the Times Square Ball drop on its roof every New Year's Eve.
In 1913, the Lincoln Highway Association, headed by entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, chose the intersection of 42nd Street and Broadway, at the southeast corner of Times Square, to be the Eastern Terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States, which originally spanned 3,389 miles (5,454 km) coast-to-coast through 13 states to its Western Terminus in Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California.[22][23]
As the growth in New York City continued, Times Square quickly became a cultural hub full of theaters, music halls, and upscale hotels.
Times Square quickly became New York's agora, a place to gather to await great tidings and to celebrate them, whether a World Series or a presidential election
—James Traub, The Devil's Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square
Celebrities such as Irving Berlin, Fred Astaire, and Charlie Chaplin were closely associated with Times Square in the 1910s and 1920s. During this period, the area was nicknamed The Tenderloin[24] because it was supposedly the most desirable location in Manhattan. However, it was during this period that the area was besieged by crime and corruption, in the form of gambling and prostitution; one case that garnered huge attention was the arrest and subsequent execution of police officer Charles Becker.[25]
The general atmosphere changed with the onset of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Times Square acquired a reputation as a dangerous neighborhood in the following decades. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the seediness of the area, especially due its go-go bars, sex shops, and adult theaters, became an infamous symbol of the city's decline.[26]
1980s–present[edit]
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum and Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium are two of the newer attractions on the redeveloped 42nd Street.
Lights and advertising at the southern end of Times Square
In the 1980s, a commercial building boom began in the western parts of the Midtown as part of a long-term development plan developed under Mayors Ed Koch and David Dinkins. In the mid-1990s, Rudolph Giuliani led an effort to clean up the area, increasing security, closing pornographic theaters, pressuring undesireables to relocate, and opening more tourist-friendly attractions and upscale establishments. Advocates of the remodeling claim that the neighborhood is safer and cleaner. Detractors have countered that the changes have homogenized or "Disneyfied" the character of Times Square and have unfairly targeted lower-income New Yorkers from nearby neighborhoods such as Hell's Kitchen.[citation needed]
In 1990, the state of New York took possession of six of the nine historic theaters on 42nd Street, and the New 42nd Street non-profit organization was appointed to oversee their restoration and maintenance. The theaters underwent renovation for Broadway shows, conversion for commercial purposes, or demolition.
The theaters of Broadway and the huge number of animated neon and LED signs have long made them one of New York's iconic images, and a symbol of the intensely urban aspects of Manhattan. Times Square is the only neighborhood with zoning ordinances requiring building owners to display illuminated signs.[27] The density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals that of Las Vegas. Officially, signs in Times Square are called "spectaculars", and the largest of them are called "jumbotrons."
Notable signage includes the Toshiba billboard directly under the NYE ball drop and the curved seven-story NASDAQ sign at the NASDAQ MarketSite at 4 Times Square on 43rd Street and the curved Coca-Cola sign located underneath another large LED display owned and operated by Samsung. Both the Coca-Cola sign and Samsung LED displays were built by LED display manufacturer Daktronics. Times Square's first environmentally friendly billboard powered by wind and solar energy was first lit on December 4, 2008.[28]
In 1992, the Times Square Alliance (formerly the Times Square Business Improvement District, or "BID" for short), a coalition of city government and local businesses dedicated to improving the quality of commerce and cleanliness in the district, started operations in the area.[29] Times Square now boasts attractions such as ABC's Times Square Studios, where Good Morning America is broadcast live, an elaborate Toys "Я" Us store, and competing Hershey's and M&M's stores across the street from each other, as well as restaurants such as Ruby Foo's (serving Chinese food), the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company (seafood), Planet Hollywood Restaurant and Bar (a theme restaurant) and Carmine's (Italian) along with a number of multiplex movie theaters. It has also attracted a number of large financial, publishing, and media firms to set up headquarters in the area. A larger presence of police has improved the safety of the area.
Times Square pedestrianized.
The "Naked Cowboy" – who is not actually naked – performs in Times Square.
In 2002, New York City's mayor, Rudy Giuliani, gave the oath of office to the city's next mayor, Michael Bloomberg, at Times Square after midnight on January 1 as part of the 2001–2002 New Year's celebration. Approximately 500,000 revelers attended. Security was high following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, with more than 7,000 New York City police officers on duty in the Square, twice the number for an ordinary year.[30]
Since 2002, the summer solstice has been marked by "Mind over Madness", a mass yoga event involving up to 15,000 people. Tim Tompkins, co-founder of the event, said part of its appeal was "finding stillness and calm amid the city rush on the longest day of the year".[31] [32]
From August 14, 2003 to August 15, 2003, the lights of Times Square went dark as a result of the 2003 Northeast blackout, which paralyzed most of the region and parts of Canada for over 24 hours. Power was finally restored to the area on the evening of Friday, August 15.
On the morning of March 6, 2008, a small bomb caused minor damage but no reported injuries.[33]
On February 26, 2009, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that traffic lanes along Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th Street would be de-mapped starting Memorial Day 2009 and transformed into pedestrian plazas until at least the end of the year as a trial. The same was done from 33rd to 35th Street. The goal was to ease traffic congestion throughout the Midtown grid. The results were to be closely monitored to determine if the project worked and should be extended.[34] Bloomberg also stated that he believed the street shutdown would make New York more livable by reducing pollution, cutting down on pedestrian accidents and helping traffic flow more smoothly.[35] The project was originally opposed by local businesses, who thought that closing the street to cars would hurt business.[36]
The original seats put out for pedestrians were inexpensive multicolored plastic lawn chairs, a source of amusement to many New Yorkers. They lasted from the onset of the plaza transformation until August 14, 2009, when they were ceremoniously bundled together in an installation christened "Now You See It, Now You Don't" by the artist Jason Peters.[37] Although the plaza had mixed results on traffic in the area, injuries to motorists and pedestrians decreased, fewer pedestrians were walking in the road and the number of pedestrians in Times Square increased.[38] The plastic chairs were shortly replaced by sturdier metal furniture, and on February 11, 2010, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the pedestrian plazas would become permanent.[39]
In February 2011, Times Square became smoke free as New York extended the outdoors smoking ban to the area. The measure fines any person smoking within the area a fee of $50.[40]
On May 1, 2010, Times Square was evacuated from 43rd to 46th Street following the discovery of a car bomb. It was found to be a failed bombing.[41]
New Year's Eve celebrations[edit]
See also: Times Square Ball
The Times Square Ball in 2007
Times Square is the site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop. On December 31, 1907, a ball signifying New Year's Day was first dropped at Times Square,[42] and the Square has held the main New Year's celebration in New York City ever since. On that night, hundreds of thousands of people congregate to watch the Waterford Crystal ball being lowered on a pole atop the building, marking the start of the new year. It replaced a lavish fireworks display from the top of the building that was held from 1904 to 1906, but stopped by city officials because of the danger of fire. Beginning in 1908, and for more than eighty years thereafter, Times Square sign maker Artkraft Strauss was responsible for the ball-lowering. During World War II, a minute of silence, followed by a recording of church bells pealing, replaced the ball drop because of wartime blackout restrictions. Today, Countdown Entertainment and One Times Square handle the New Year's Eve event in conjunction with the Times Square Alliance.[42]
A new energy-efficient LED ball, celebrating the centennial of the ball drop, debuted for the arrival of 2008. The 2008/2009-ball, which was dropped on New Year's Eve (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)[42] for the arrival of 2009, is larger and has become a permanent installation as a year-round attraction, being used for celebrations such as Valentine's Day and Halloween. On average, about one million revelers crowd Times Square for the New Year's Eve celebrations.[43] However, for the millennium celebration on December 31, 1999, published reports stated approximately two million people overflowed Times Square, flowing from 6th Avenue to 8th Avenue and all the way back on Broadway and Seventh Avenues to 59th Street, making it the largest gathering in Times Square since August 1945 during celebrations marking the end of World War II.[44]
The Paramount Building at 1501 Broadway once housed the Paramount Theatre, where Frank Sinatra had bobby-soxers fainting in the aisles.
One Astor Plaza (1515 Broadway) is the headquarters of Viacom. It replaced the Astor Hotel in 1972, when Times Square "redevelopment" plans allowed oversized office towers if they included new theaters.[45]
Notable landmarks[edit]
Times Square is a busy intersection of art and commerce, where scores of advertisements – electric, neon and illuminated signs and "zipper" news crawls – vie for viewers' attention.[46] A few famous examples:
TKTS booth
Coca-Cola sign
Budweiser
Times Square Studios (home of ABC's Good Morning America, Nightline and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve)
One Astor Plaza (home of MTV's New York studios)
Chevrolet clock (an analog clock displayed on a digital screen)
Forever 21 (formerly Virgin Megastores)
The Hard Rock Cafe New York
Planet Hollywood
Disney Store
M&M's World
Major buildings on or near Times Square
One Times Square (site of the New Year's Eve ball drop)
Bertelsmann Building
Brill Building
Thomson Reuters Building (3 Times Square)[47]
Times Square Tower
New York Times Tower
Bank of America Tower
The Orion
AXA Center
One Astor Plaza
1500 Broadway
Paramount Theatre
Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
Condé Nast Building (4 Times Square)
1585 Broadway
810 7th Avenue
5 Times Square
3 Times Square
11 Times Square (Times Square Plaza)
The Bowtie Building (1530 Broadway)
"Numbered” Times Square buildings
One Times Square – The former New York Times Tower (1904)
2 Times Square – Renaissance Hotel Times Square (1992)
3 Times Square – Thomson Reuters Building (1998–2001)
4 Times Square – Condé Nast Building (1996–1999)
5 Times Square – Ernst & Young Building (1999–2002)
6 Times Square – Knickerbocker Building (1906)
7 Times Square – Times Square Tower (2002–2007)
11 Times Square – Times Square Plaza (2007–2010)
20 Times Square – Port Authority Bus Terminal
Hotels
New York Marriott Marquis
W Times Square
Renaissance Hotel Times Square (2 Times Square)
Sheraton New York
Doubletree Guest Suites
Crowne Plaza Times Square
Corporate presence
The following companies have corporate presences in the area:
Bertelsmann
BMO Capital Markets
Six Flags Inc.
Condé Nast Publications
Diamond Management & Technology Consultants
Ernst & Young
Instinet
King & Spalding
Barclays Capital (formerly Lehman Brothers)
Morgan Stanley
Bain & Company
MTV Networks
The New York Times Company
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
O'Melveny & Myers
Thomson Reuters
Viacom
In popular culture[edit]
Times Square has been featured countless times in literature, on television, in films – including the 1980 film Times Square, which featured a punk rock/new wave soundtrack – in music videos and recently in video games, such as Grand Theft Auto IV, in which a recreation of the Times Square area is included in the game's fictional "Liberty City" setting, and Battlefield 3, where the final fight with the main antagonist takes place, where the player must stop him from detonating a nuke in the square. Times Square is also portrayed in video game Crysis 2, in which player must fight off attacking alien forces in order to assist US Marines to evacuate the area.
An immediately recognizable location, Times Square has been frequently attacked and destroyed in a number of movies, including Knowing, when a solar flare destroys New York City, Deep Impact, when a tsunami created from a meteor impact destroys New York City, Stephen King's The Stand, where the intersection is overcome by total anarchy, the ending of Captain America, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Films have also employed the opposite tactic, depicting the typically bustling area as eerily still, such as in Vanilla Sky, as well as the post-apocalyptic I Am Legend, in which Will Smith and his dog go hunting for deer in the deserted urban canyon. Times Square was also depicted in the 2011 movie, New Year's Eve, and was also seen in the festival battle scene in the 2002 film Spider-Man.
Times Square was featured in 2012 when an announcement about the apocalypse from the President of the United States was occurring. It included the area being crowded and NYPD officers.
View of the northern part of Times Square, with Two Times Square in the center
See also[edit]
New York City portal
In the Times Square area
Duffy Square, the northern section of Times Square
Midtown Community Court, an innovative court that collaborates with the community to improve the quality of life in and around Times Square
Naked Cowboy, New York City street performer and prominent fixture of Times Square
Prayer In The Square
Theater District, New York
Times Square – 42nd Street subway station serving the 1 2 3 7 N Q R S trains
Similar districts in other cities
Causeway Bay, a popular shopping and entertainment area in Hong Kong
Combat Zone (Boston) and Boston Theater District
LA Live and Hollywood & Highland Center, entertainment areas in Los Angeles
Piccadilly Circus, noted road junction and public space in London
Playhouse Square, Cleveland, Ohio entertainment district
Puerta del Sol, a famous square in central Madrid
Shibuya, a district of Tokyo that has been described in the New York Times as a "futuristic Times Square"[48]
Yonge-Dundas Square, often called "Toronto's Times Square"
Other
Lincoln Highway, the terminus of which was in Times Square
References[edit]
Notes
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2.^ "Crossroads of the world – Times Square the official website of Times Square". Times Square District Management Association, Inc. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
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9.^ McBeth, VR. "The Great White Way" on TimesSquare.com. Quote: "Coined in 1901 by O.J. Gude, the designer of many prominent advertising displays, to describe the new light show that beckoned along Broadway,The Great White Way is a phrase known worldwide to describe Broadway's profusion of theaters in Times Square."
10.^ Tell, Darcy. Times Square spectacular: lighting up Broadway New York: HarperCollins, 2007
11.^ Allen, Irving Lewis. The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Quote: "By 1910, the blocks of Broadway just above 42nd Street were at the very heart of the Great White Way. The glow of Times Square symbolized the center of New York, if not of the world."
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14.^ "New York Architecture Images- Midtown Times Square". 2011 nyc-architecture. Retrieved January 21, 2012.
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18.^ Harris, Stephen L. Duffy's War: Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish Fighting 69th in World War I, Potomac Books, 2006
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22.^ "The Lincoln Highway Marker". Hmdb.org. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
23.^ www.Cruise-IN.com (July 7, 1919). "The Lincoln Highway: Main Street across America". Cruise-in.com. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
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25.^ "Killer Cop: Charles Becker – Crime Library on". Trutv.com. July 15, 1912. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
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27.^ Oser, Alan S. (December 14, 1986). "GREAT WHITE WAY; Planning for a Brighter Times Sq.". New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
28.^ Collins, Glenn (November 14, 2008). "In Times Square, a Company’s Name in (Wind- and Solar-Powered) Lights". New York Times. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
29.^ Times Square Alliance Tourist information center in former Embassy Theater
30.^ "Inaugural Address Of Mayor Michael Bloomberg". Gothamgazette.com. January 1, 2002. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
31.^ Times Square takes yoga time-out on summer solstice at BBC News
32.^ Solstice in Times Square: Athleta Mind Over Madness Yoga
33.^ BBC News March 6, 2008
34.^ Seifman, David (February 26, 2009). "Broadway Cars Can Take A Walk". New York Post. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
35.^ Vanderford, Richard; Goldsmith, Samuel (May 25, 2009). "Walk, bike or sit, car-free, in Times Square and Herald Square". New York Daily News. Retrieved August 22, 2009.
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37.^ Noel Y.C. (August 16, 2009). "NYC ♥ NYC: Jason Peters' NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON'T – Lawn Chair Sculpture". Nyclovesnyc.blogspot.com. Retrieved April 21, 2010. – See also: File:NowYouSeeIt-TimesSq2009.JPG.
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39.^ (March 30, 2010). "Pedestrian Plaza To Remain Permanent Fixture Of Times Square". NY1.com. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
40.^ Pilkington, Ed (February 3, 2011). "Times Square becomes smoke free as New York extends ban outdoors". Guardian (London). Retrieved February 3, 2011.
41.^ Baker, Al; Rashbaum, William K. (May 1, 2010). "Police Find Car Bomb in Times Square". The New York Times.
42.^ a b c "Times Square Alliance – New Year's Eve – About The Ball". Timessquarenyc.org. November 11, 2008. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
43.^ "Times Square Alliance – New Year's Eve". Timessquarenyc.org. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
44.^ www.nyctourist.com. "Times Square New York City, New York City Times Square by NYCTourist.com". Timessquare.nyctourist.com. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
45.^ White, Norval & Willensky, Elliot (2000). AIA Guide to New York City (4th ed.). New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0812931076.
46.^ "www.timessquarewishes.com". www.timessquarewishes.com. April 17, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
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Bibliography The Devil's Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square by James Traub (ISBN 0-375-50788-4)
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First of the photo series - Mind over Madness Yoga workshops in the heart of Times Square, NYC.
www.timessquarenyc.org/about_us/events_solstice.html
"Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self-realization. Yoga means union - the union of body with consciousness and consciousness with the soul. Yoga cultivates the ways of maintaining a balanced attitude in day-to-day life and endows skill in the performance of one's actions." ~ BKS Iyengar
The 2018 Solstice in Times Square: Mind Over Madness Yoga, Presented by Aerie, took place on Thursday, June 21, 2018 from 7:30am through 8:45pm.
Times Square is a major commercial intersection and a neighborhood in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of Broadway (now converted into a pedestrian plaza) and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square
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