Times Square

Times Square

The most famous square in the world Times Square is the the heart of New York. Originally known as Long Acre (also Longacre) Square after London’s carriage district, this square served as the early site for William H. Vanderbilt’s American Horse Exchange. 

In the late 1880s, Long Acre Square consisted of a large open space surrounded by drab apartments. Soon, however, the neighborhood began to change. Electricity, in the form of theater advertisements and street lights, transformed public space into a safer, more inviting environment. Likewise, the construction of New York’s first rapid transit system, the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), gave New Yorkers unprecedented mobility in the city.

All the pictures illustrating this text have been taken by Elena.

Times Square in its glorious hour.

The Square.

Big Fat Hit. Rotten.

Granny's Rental and other pubs.

Skycrapers.

Broadway and Times Square.

Imposant New York.

Bank of America.

7th Avenue

The Lion King.

Times Square Fun Home.

A hand over our heads.

Hershey's, GrayLine and other needful things.

M&M Pub.

The Lion King once again.

H&M.

Times Square screens.

The most famous street in the world.