Times Square (New York, NY) : Signage, corner of of Broadway and West 43rd St.
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Published/Created:
- junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets, New York, New York, United States
renamed 1904 (other) - Date Depicted:
- 6/21/2011
- Materials:
- paving
- Notes:
- Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York. 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. Formerly named Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in April 1904 after the New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly built Times Building, which is now called One Times Square and is the site of the annual ball drop on New Years Eve. Times Square, nicknamed "The Crossroads of the World" and "The Great White Way", has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and is a symbol of New York City and the United States. In 2009-2010 traffic lanes along Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th Street have been turned into pedestrian plazas.
- Variant Titles:
- Longacre Square
- Topics:
- Architecture -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
- Period/Style:
- Twentieth century
- Culture:
- American
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-US-NY-TS-B38
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
shopping districts (AAT)
streets (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- complexes; districts; business districts; shopping districts; open spaces; roads; streets
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Eight
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/21/2011 12:00:00 AM - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4654
- OID:
- 10902101
- PID:
- digcoll:1797357