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Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist destination, entertainment hub, and
Times Square is brightly lit by numerous
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.[10] It is the site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop, which began on December 31, 1907, and continues to attract over a million visitors to Times Square every year,[11] in addition to a worldwide audience of one billion or more on various digital media platforms.[12]
Times Square, specifically the intersection of Broadway and 42nd Street, is the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States for motorized vehicles.[13] Times Square is sometimes referred to as "the Crossroads of the World"[14] and "the heart of the Great White Way".[15][16][17]
Geography
Times Square functions as a
Times Square is the official name of the southern triangle, below 45th Street.
History
Early history
When
Before and after the
By 1872, the area had become the center of New York's horse carriage industry. The locality had not previously been given a name, and city authorities called it Longacre Square after Long Acre in London, where the horse and carriage trade was centered in that city.[33] William Henry Vanderbilt owned and ran the American Horse Exchange there. In 1910, it became the Winter Garden Theatre.[34]
As more profitable commerce and industrialization of Lower Manhattan pushed homes, theaters, and prostitution northward from the Tenderloin District, Longacre Square became nicknamed the Thieves Lair for its rollicking reputation as a low entertainment district. The first theater on the square, the Olympia, was built by cigar manufacturer and impresario Oscar Hammerstein I.[35] According to Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, "By the early 1890s this once sparsely settled stretch of Broadway was ablaze with electric light and thronged by crowds of middle- and upper-class theatre, restaurant and cafe patrons."[36]
1900s–1930s
In 1904,
The New York Times moved to more spacious offices one block west of the square in 1913 and sold the building in 1961.
In 1913, the
Times Square grew dramatically after World War I.[44] It became a cultural hub full of theatres, music halls, and upscale hotels.[44]
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
Advertising also grew significantly in the 1920s, growing from $25 million to $85 million over the decade.[45] For example, the Wrigley Spearmint Gum sign, possibly the biggest electric sign "in the world," cost $9,000 per month to rent.[46] Some contemporary critics, such as Thorstein Veblen[47] and G. K. Chesterton,[48] disliked the advertising at Times Square. Fritz Lang, after seeing Times Square in 1923, used it as inspiration for his dark industrial film Metropolis.[47]
Entertainment icons such as Irving Berlin, Charlie Chaplin, and Fred Astaire were closely associated with Times Square in the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. However, it was also during this period that the area began to be 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.[49]
1930s–1950s
The general atmosphere of Times Square changed with the onset of the Great Depression in the early 1930s. City residents moved uptown to cheaper neighborhoods, and many popular theaters closed, replaced by saloons, brothels, "burlesque halls, vaudeville stages, and dime houses".[50] The area acquired a reputation as a dangerous and seedy neighborhood in the following decades.[51]
Nevertheless, Times Square continued to be the site of the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve. The ball drop was placed on hiatus for New Year's Eve in 1942 and 1943 due to lighting restrictions during World War II, replaced by a moment of silence that was observed at midnight in Times Square, accompanied by the sound of chimes played from sound trucks.[52]
On May 8, 1945, a massive crowd celebrated Victory in Europe Day in Times Square;[53] and on August 15, 1945, the largest crowd in the history of Times Square gathered to celebrate Victory over Japan Day, reaching an estimated two million.[54] The victory itself was announced by a headline on the "zipper" news ticker at One Times Square, which read "OFFICIAL ***TRUMAN ANNOUNCES JAPANESE SURRENDER ***"[55]
1960s–1990s
Decline
From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the seediness of the area, especially due to its go-go bars, sex shops, peep shows, and adult theaters, became an infamous symbol of the city's decline.[56] As early as 1960, 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues was described by The New York Times as "the 'worst' [block] in town".[57] Later that decade, Times Square was depicted in Midnight Cowboy as gritty, depraved, and desperate.[58] Conditions only worsened in the 1970s and 1980s, as did the crime in the rest of the city, with a 1981 article in Rolling Stone magazine calling 42nd Street in Times Square the "sleaziest block in America".[59] In the mid-1980s, the area bounded by 40th and 50th Streets and Seventh and Ninth Avenues saw over 15,000 crime complaints per year.[60] The block of 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues had 2,300 crimes per year in 1984, of which 20% were felonies.[61][62]
In this era, formerly elegant movie theaters began to show x-rated films, and peep shows hustlers were common.[63] In 1984, the area was so derelict and dilapidated, that the entire Times Square area paid the city only $6 million in property taxes (equivalent to $17.6 million in 2023).[64]
1980s building boom
In the 1980s, a commercial building boom began in the western parts of Midtown as part of a long-term
42nd Street Redevelopment, further revitalization
The
In 1990, the
In 1992, the Times Square Alliance (formerly the Times Square
In the mid-1990s, Mayor
Prudential and Klein dissolved their partnership for the four office-building sites at Times Square's southern end in 1996.
Effects
Times Square now boasts attractions such as ABC's Times Square Studios, where Good Morning America is broadcast live; competing Hershey's and M&M's stores across the street from each other, and multiple multiplex movie theaters. Additionally, the area contains restaurants such as the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, a seafood establishment; Planet Hollywood Restaurant and Bar, a theme restaurant; and Carmine's, serving Italian cuisine. It has also attracted several 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.[85]
The theatres of Broadway and the huge number of animated
Notable signage includes the
2000s–present
In 2002, New York City mayor
Times Square started hosting other major annual events in the 2000s. Since 2002, the summer solstice has been marked by "Mind over Madness", a mass yoga event involving up to 15,000 people. Tim Tompkins, a 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".[116][117] Architect Mark Foster Gage proposed and designed the original Times Square Valentine's Day heart in 2009. Since then, designing the heart has become an annual competition.[118][119]
In February 2011, Times Square became smoke-free as New York extended the outdoors
In October 2022, casino operator
Pedestrian plaza
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 as a trial until at least the end of the year. The same was done in Herald Square from 33rd to 35th Street. The results were to be closely monitored to determine if the project was successful and should be extended.[127] Bloomberg also stated that he believed the street shutdown would make New York more livable by reducing pollution, cutting down on pedestrian-vehicle accidents, and helping traffic flow more smoothly through the Midtown street grid.[128]
The pedestrian plaza project was originally opposed by local businesses, who thought that closing the street to cars would hurt business.[129] 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, and shortly afterward were replaced by sturdier metal furniture.[130] 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.[131] On February 11, 2010, Bloomberg announced that the pedestrian plazas would become permanent.[132]
The city started rebuilding the plaza in 2010, hiring the design and landscaping firm Snøhetta to permanently replace Broadway's roadway with custom-made granite pavers and benches.[133] By December 2013, the first phase of the Times Square pedestrian plaza had been completed at the southern end of the square in time for the Times Square Ball drop on New Year's Eve.[134] The project was originally intended to be completed by the end of 2015.[134] The entire project was finally completed just before New Year's Eve 2016.[135] Some safety bollards were also installed as part of the renovation to prevent vehicular attacks or collisions on the sidewalk.[136] After a 2017 vehicle-ramming attack, there were calls to install more bollards along Times Square.[137]
Times Square's pedestrian plaza is frequented by
Incidents
There have been several incidents in Times Square:
- On the morning of March 6, 2008, a small bomb caused minor damage, but there were no reported injuries.[142]
- On May 1, 2010, Times Square was evacuated from 43rd to 46th Streets following the discovery of a car bomb. It was found to be a failed bombing.[143]
- On May 18, 2017, a vehicle-ramming attack at Times Square killed one person and injured 22 others.[144][145]
- On August 7, 2019, shortly after consecutive mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, a backfiring motorcycle resulted in a stampede due to the sound being mistaken for gunfire; the stampede injured at least twelve people.[146]
- On May 8, 2021, a dispute between a group of men led to a shooting in which three bystanders were wounded, including a four-year-old girl.[147]
- On June 27, 2021, a dispute between a group of street vendors led to a shooting in which a 21-year-old bystander was wounded.[148][149]
- On December 31, 2022, a 19-year-old man from Maine injured three officers with the New York City Police Department in a machete attack that occurred during New Year's Eve celebrations in Times Square.[150]
- On February 8, 2024, a teenager shot and injured a Brazilian tourist, and he shot at a police officer and security guard after being confronted for shoplifting.[151] The shooter, a Venezuelan migrant, fled the area but was apprehended just outside the city.[152]
Number of visitors
Times Square is the most visited place globally with 360,000 pedestrian visitors a day, amounting to over 131 million a year.
New Year's Eve celebrations
Times Square is the site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop. About one million revelers crowd Times Square for the New Year's Eve celebrations, more than twice the usual number of visitors the area usually receives daily.[158] However, for the millennium celebration on December 31, 1999, published reports stated approximately two million people overflowed Times Square, flowing from Sixth Avenue to Eighth Avenue and back on Broadway and Seventh Avenue to 59th Street, making it the largest gathering in Times Square since August 1945 during celebrations marking the end of World War II.[159]
On December 31, 1907, a ball signifying New Year's Day was first dropped at Times Square,[160] 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.[160] A new energy-efficient LED ball debuted for the arrival of 2008, which was the centennial of the Times Square ball drop. The 2008–09 ball is larger and has become a permanent installation as a year-round attraction, being used for celebrations on days such as Valentine's Day and Halloween.[160]
The New Year's Eve celebrations are usually overseen by thousands of police officers. Aluminum barriers are erected to accommodate spectators; for the 2020 celebration, attended by a million people, barriers were erected from 38th to 59th Street and from Sixth to Eighth Avenue.[161] Typically, the celebrations create large amounts of waste. The waste includes the 3,000 pounds of biodegradable confetti dropped at midnight, a tradition of which started in 1992.[162] The New York City Department of Sanitation estimated that by 8 a.m. on New Year's Day 2014, it had cleared over 50 short tons (45 long tons; 45 t) of trash from the New Year's celebration, using 190 workers from their crews and the Times Square Alliance.[163]
Impact of COVID-19
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City during 2020 reduced the number of people traveling to Times Square. About 108,000 pedestrians visited Times Square each day in late 2020 compared to the 380,000 before the pandemic. From March to October 2020, 26 of the area's 46 hotels closed, as well as 39 of 151 stores and 84 of 162 restaurants.[164] Times Square was closed to the public for New Year's Day 2021 and observers were dispersed into enclosures measuring 8 by 8 ft (2.4 by 2.4 m).[161][165]
Notable landmarks
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. Notable examples include:
- Coca-Cola sign
- Disney Store Times Square
- Fashion One
- FashionTV
- Forever 21 (formerly Virgin Megastores)
- Hard Rock Cafe New York
- M&M's World
- Hershey's Chocolate World
- Planet Hollywood
- Palladium Times Square
- Revlon
- ABC News and ESPN programs, such as Good Morning America
- TKTS – the Theatre Development Fund's reduced-price ticket booth has, since 2008, been backed by a red, sloped, triangular set of bleacher-like stairs, which is frequented by residents and tourists.
- Times Square – a permanently installed sound art piece by Max Neuhaus between 45th and 46th Streets.
Major buildings on or near Times Square
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"Numbered" Times Square buildings
Hotels
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Corporate presence
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Contemporary artists regularly perform on Times Square. Examples include test patterns[times square] by Ryoji Ikeda[172] and Continuum by Krista Kim.[173]
In popular culture
An immediately recognizable location, Times Square has been featured countless times in literature, films, video games, music videos, and on television.
The seediness of the area was featured prominently in such films as Midnight Cowboy[174] (1969), Born to Win[175] (1971), and Taxi Driver (1976).[176] The area was shown in the 1980 film Times Square, which featured a punk rock/new wave soundtrack.[177] It was also depicted in the 2011 movie New Year's Eve.[178] The area also appeared on The Amazing Race as the starting location in a race around the world in the first episode of the show's 25th season,[179] as well as on the sixth season of the Israeli edition of The Amazing Race with teams finishing their second leg in Times Square.[180]
Times Square has been fictionally attacked and destroyed in several movies, including
Films and TV shows have also employed the opposite tactic, depicting the typically bustling area as eerily still, such as in Vanilla Sky,[183] 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.[181] In the pilot episode of the TV series Blindspot, Times Square is completely emptied due to an abandoned bag being suspected to be a bomb.[184]
Times Square also has featured prominently in video games. For instance, in
See also
- Duffy Square, the northern section of Times Square between 45th and 47th Streets[186]
- Good Riddance Day, an unofficial holiday celebrated at Times Square since 2007[187]
- Midtown Community Court, a branch of the New York City Criminal Court that primarily focuses on quality of life around Times Square[188]
- Naked Cowboy, New York City street performer and prominent fixture of Times Square[189]
- Theater District, Manhattan[190]
- Lincoln Highway, the terminus of which was in Times Square
- Tourism in New York City
References
Notes
- ^ Any development under 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) was exempt from the rule; for larger buildings, the first 50,000 sq ft (4,600 m2) of a development was exempt from the bonus calculation. For example, in a building with 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2), the bonus calculation was derived from 5 percent of 450,000 sq ft (42,000 m2), so the space to be set aside for entertainment uses was 22,500 sq ft (2,090 m2).[67]
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External links
- Times Square live camera
- The Times Square Alliance and Events Listing
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