Sunday, January 22, 2012

My NYC: Times Square

This is the place I go so often that it surprises me! It just attracts you, calls you, whispers to you: "Come, come, come into my world!" ;) But for real, I do not know why, but it's true that I go there all the time - I just love this place, its lights, stores, the feel of people connecting there, sharing and enjoying their time.


Times Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and 7th Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets. Times Square is known as "The Crossroads of the World" and the "The Great White Way" and is one of the World's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. Times Square is the world's most visited tourist attraction, bringing in over 39 million visitors annually.
Formerly named Longacre Square, Times Square was renamed in April 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, which is now called One Times Square and is the site of the annual ball drop on New Year's Eve.
The northern triangle of Times Square is technically Duffy Square, dedicated in 1937 to Chaplain Francis P. Duffy of New York City's "Fighting 69th" Infantry Regiment. The stepped red roof of the Tickets Booth also provides seating for various events. The Duffy Statue and the square were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.





Father Daffy Square with red stairs that guess what..? They have heater underneath, so they are VERY warm in winter!!! :))

Video taken with my old camera that didn't have a sound recording thing in it... but still, you get an idea! ;)



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