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The "Zipper" news ticker at One Times Square, New York City 2012. Stock ticker on the Reuters building at Canary Wharf, London. In 1928, The New York Times installed a Motograph News Bulletin to display news headlines on the sides of Times Tower. The display was 388 feet (118 m) long, 5 feet (1.5 m) high, and employed over 14,800 light bulbs. [5]
Studio exterior 3 years after 2007 refurbishment, January 2010. An advertisement for ABC World News with Diane Sawyer can be seen on the left. Times Square Studios is within 1500 Broadway, on the site of the former Hotel Claridge. In 1972, the hotel was demolished and the current structure, which housed the National Theater, was built. [1]
The Times Square station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch. [11]: 186 [17] Prior to the subway station's opening, Times Square had been renamed from Long Acre Square to give the station a distinctive name. [18]
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Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is in its 120th year. The tradition of thousands of people crowding to watch a shimmering ball be lowered in Times Square began in 1907, though the first ...
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On the first basement level was a pedestrian arcade with several small stores, which ran from street level to the Times Square station's southbound platform. [222] The arcade was closed in 1967 due to high crime, [223] but an archway leading from the station to One Times Square's basement remained visible until the 2000s. [224]
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]