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Today in 1904, Long Acre Sq became Times Square, named after the new tower of the NY Times. View of Times Square (the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue at West 43rd Street), looking northwest from above West 42nd Street, c. 1905. During the 1890s, the West 40s near Seventh Avenue was transformed into an entertainment district as grand theaters and lavish restaurants opened in the formerly dangerous neighborhood. When the first subway line was planned, a stop at Long Acre Square (Broadway, Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street) was deemed essential. The owner of the New York Times, Adolf Ochs, sensed the direction the city was taking and built a new, skyscraping headquarters for his paper on the triangular lot at this intersection; in the 1904, the subway station was named in The Times? honor. Although the paper moved to West 43rd Street a decade later, the area has been known as Times Square ever since. Given its proximity to transportation and entertainment, hotels soon came to the area as well. Notable buildings in the view include, from left: The New York Times Building (aka The Times Tower, One Times Square): Eidlitz & McKenzie, 1903-1905; The Hotel Astor, 1515 Broadway: Clinton & Russell, 1904, demolished in 1967 for One Astor Plaza; The Hotel Woodstock, 127 West 43rd Street: 1901, rebuilt 1913. Original Caption: Hotel Woodstock, 127-135 West 43rd Street, Times Square East, New York Click here for more info: tiny.cc/timessq
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:27:40 +0000

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