| Times Square is a famous intersection in | | | | advertisement appeared on the side of a bank at |
| Manhattan, New York City, where Broadway cuts | | | | the corner of 46th Street and Broadway. |
| across Seventh Avenue. The Times Square area | | | | Although the New York Times moved to more |
| consists of the blocks between Sixth and Eighth | | | | spacious offices across Broadway in 1913, the |
| Avenues from east to west, and West 40th and | | | | name lived on. The old Times Building was later |
| West 53rd Streets from south to north. It is on | | | | renamed the Allied Chemical Building. Now it is |
| the western part of the commercial area of | | | | known simply as One Times Square. |
| Midtown Manhattan. Times Square has achieved | | | | With the onset of the Great Depression during |
| iconic world landmark status, on par with the Red | | | | the 1930s, the atmosphere in Times Square |
| Square in Moscow, the Puerta del Sol in Madrid, | | | | changed as well. With the economy downturn, |
| Trafalgar Square in London, and Tiananmen | | | | Times Square became a dangerous neighborhood. |
| Square in Beijing. Times Square is defined by its | | | | Adult businesses became the infamous symbol of |
| animated, digital advertisements. | | | | New York City's decline and corruption from the |
| Times Square was named after the Times | | | | 1960s until the early 1990s. In the mid-1990s, |
| Building (now One Time Square), the former | | | | Mayor Rudolph Giuliani (1994-2002) led an intense |
| offices of The New York Times. During the time | | | | effort to "clean up" Times Square, increasing |
| of the American Revolution, the area where | | | | security, and driving out pornographic theaters |
| Times Square is now located belonged to John | | | | and drug dealers and opening more tourist-friendly |
| Morin Scott, a general of the New York militia | | | | attractions and upscale establishments. Advocates |
| where he served under George Washington. | | | | of the remodeling claim that the neighborhood is |
| Scott's manor house was at what is now 43rd | | | | infinitely safer and cleaner. Critics however argued |
| Street. In the first half of the nineteenth century | | | | that the changes have diluted or "Disneyfied" the |
| it was one of the prize possessions of John Jacob | | | | character of Times Square and have unfairly |
| Astor, one of the wealthiest person in America. | | | | targeted lower income New Yorkers from nearby |
| The newspaper business that made Times | | | | neighborhoods such as Hell's Kitchen. |
| Square famous moved there in the early 1900s, | | | | In 1990, the State of New York took possession |
| when New York Times publisher Adolph S. Ochs | | | | of six of the nine historic theaters on 42nd |
| moved the newspaper's operations to a new | | | | Street. The New 42nd Street nonprofit |
| skyscraper on 42nd Street in Longacre Square. | | | | organization was appointed to oversee their |
| Ochs persuaded Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr. to | | | | restoration and care. The theaters were variously |
| construct a subway station there, and the area | | | | renovated for Broadway shows, converted for |
| was renamed "Times Square" on April 8, 1904. | | | | commercial purposes, or demolished. |
| Just three weeks later, the first electrified | | | | |