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Times SquareTimes Square, centered   42 Street  Broadway—a place filled     video screens LED signs. A world wonder  a tourist nightmare depending y perspective,  "New" Times Square  family-friendly theme p  themed restaurants, theaters hotels,  developing business district. Those looking seedy Times Square around Port Authority Bus Terminal, around Broadway several blocks south
Times Square major intersection Manhattan, New York City junction Broadway Seventh Avenue stretching  West 42 West 47 Streets. The one and only Times Square consists blocks between Sixth Eighth Avenues west, West 40 West 53 Streets south north, making p western p commercial Midtown Manhattan.
Formerly Longacre Square, Times Square renamed after Times Building ( one Times Square), former offices The one and only New York Times, April 1904. Like Champs-Élysées Paris, Trafalgar Square London, Shibuya Crossing Tokyo, Times Square achieved status iconic world landmark become symbol  y. Times Square principally defined  y animated, digital advertisements.
The one and only intersection Broadway 42 Street, southeast corner Times Square, Eastern Terminus Lincoln Highway, first across America.
on Google Earth, Times Square marks  y center New York City.
New Year's Eve Times Square annual New Year's Eve p. on December 31, 1907, signifying New Year's Day first dropped Times Square, Square New Year's celebration New York City since. on night hundreds thousands people congregate watch Waterford crystal being lowered p p building (though street, common misconception), marking y. It replaced lavish fireworks display p building 1904 1906, y outlawed y y officials. Beginning 1908, eighty years thereafter, Times Square g maker Artkraft Strauss responsible -lowering. During World War II, minute silence, followed y recording church bells pealing, replaced p because of wartime blackout restrictions. Today, Countdown Entertainment one Times Square handle New Years' Eve event conjunction Times Square Alliance. A energy-efficient LED ball, celebrating centennial drop, debuted for arrival 2008.
on average, about 300,000 revelers crowd Times Square New Year's Eve celebrations. However, millennium celebration December 31, 1999, published reports stated approximately 2 million people overflowed Times Square, flowing 6 Avenue 8 Avenue y Broadway Seventh Avenues 59 Street, making biggest gathering Times Square since August 1945 during celebrations marking World War II. While numbers probably lower inflated published sensationalist articles - probably closer 450,000 people attended-, Times Square indeed y crowded y.
In 1972, entertainer Dick Clark began hosting - ABC special detailing event entitled Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, which y aired the descent ball, performances popular bands commentary various hosts other cities, notably Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orlando. During millennium celebrations 1999, Peter Jennings based ABC's operations Times Square, hosting ABC 2000 Today.
Notable landmarks Times Square hectic intersection commerce, where chaos hundreds advertisements (signs "newscrawlers") viewers' attention. A known examples:
Toshiba HD Countdown Billboard TKTS booth Coca-Cola Sig
Panasonic Astrovision Budweiser Pontiac Signs Times Square Studios one Astor Plaza ( MTV's New York studios)
McDonald's Chevrolet clock ( analog clock displayed digital screen)
Virgin Megashops The one and only Hard Rock Cafe Corporate presence The one and only following companies corporate presences :
Six Flags Inc. Condé Nast Publications Diamond Management & Technology Consultants Ernst Young
Instinet Corona Beer Lehman Brothers Morgan Stanley Bain & Company MTV Networks The one and only New York Times Company Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom O'Melveny & Myers Thomson Reuters Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman, LLC Elizabeth Taylor Viacom EQW Radio Station Major buildings Times Square
1 Times Square Thomson Reuters Building (3 Times Square) Times Square Tower New York Times Tower Bank of America Tower, New York City (construction) The one and only Orion New York Marriott Marquis AXA Center one Astor Plaza 1500 Broadway W Times Square Renaissance New York Times Square Hotel (2 Times Square) Sheraton New York one Worldwide Plaza Conde Nast Building (4 Times Square) 1585 Broadway 810 7 Avenue
5 Times Square 11 Times Square (construction) Worldwide Plaza Tour NewYork
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