Federal Writers' Project (1939). New York City Guide. New York: Random House. p. 170. ISBN978-1-60354-055-1. (Reprinted by Scholarly Press, 1976; often referred to as WPA Guide to New York City.) "The phrase 'Great White Way' is supposed to have been coined in 1901 by O. J. Gude, an advertising man, who is said also to have been the first to see the tremendous possibilities of electric display."
Times Square History, NYC Tourist. Accessed February 26, 2017. "Times Square is a major commercial intersection in central Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It acquired its name in 1904 when Albert Ochs, publisher of The New York Times, moved the newspaper's headquarters to a new skyscraper on what was then known as Longacre Square."
Federal Writers' Project (1939). New York City Guide. New York: Random House. p. 170. ISBN978-1-60354-055-1. (Reprinted by Scholarly Press, 1976; often referred to as WPA Guide to New York City.) "The phrase 'Great White Way' is supposed to have been coined in 1901 by O. J. Gude, an advertising man, who is said also to have been the first to see the tremendous possibilities of electric display."
Allen, Irving Lewis. The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular SpeechArchived December 31, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Quote: "By 1910, the blocks of Broadway just above 42nd Street were at the very heart of the Great White Way. The glow of Times Square symbolized the center of New York, if not of the world."
Chakraborty, Deblina. "When Times Square was sleazy", CNN, April 18, 2016. Accessed January 2, 2024. "The sex market and drug trade thrived in the area, and homeless encampments dotted its streets. Many local theaters – once legitimate operations showcasing the performances of renowned actors like Lionel Barrymore – had become home to peep shows and porn movies.... In 1981, Rolling Stone magazine called West 42nd Street, located in the heart of Times Square, the 'sleaziest block in America.'"
Bailey, Jason. "10 Great 'Accidental Documentaries' of New York City's Sketchiest Era", Flavorwire, July 5, 2017. Accessed January 2, 2024. "Midnight Cowboy – It's become a cliché of New York attitude, but nicely captures the defiance of city-dwellers in this period – and is one of many achingly accurate period touches in Cowboy, one of the first wide releases to capture the rot of the city in general and its once-glam Times Square district in particular."
Stern, William J. Perspectives on Eminent Domain Abuse: The Truth About Times Square, Institute for Justice, April 2009. Accessed January 2, 2024. "In 1984, the entire 13-acre area identified in our eventual redevelopment plan employed only 3,000 people in legal businesses and paid the city only $6 million in property taxes —less than what a medium-size office building in Manhattan typically produced in tax revenue."
Henry, David (March 4, 1992). "A New Player on Times Square". Newsday. pp. 52, 55. Archived from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
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Henry, David (August 4, 1992). "Remodeling Times Square, Part IV". Newsday. p. 27. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
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Father Duffy Square, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed January 2, 2024. "At the apex of the triangle defining the north end of Times Square, the massive statue of Father Francis Patrick Duffy (1871–1932) by Charles Keck (1875–1951) has stood sentinel since it was unveiled May 2, 1937."
Father Duffy SquareArchived January 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed January 10, 2017. "Dominated in 1909 by a temporary eight-ton, fifty-foot statue by Leo Lentelli entitled Purity (Defeat of Slander), today this square—so central to the theater district—is defined by statues of George M. Cohan and Father Duffy, as well as a large public viewing grandstand along the north side."
"No Matter The Reason, Celebration In Times Square", New-York Historical Society, December 27, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2024. "On August 14, 1945 at 7:03 pm the Times Tower zipper delivered the news: 'Official—Truman Announces Japanese Surrender.' The excited crowd, already 500,000 strong, soared to 2 million by 10 pm."
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"Duffy Sq. Signs To Be Put Up Today; Area Surrounding Statue of Chaplain of Old 69th to Be Separate From Times Sq.", The New York Times, June 13, 1939. Accessed January 2, 2024. "A new honor will be accorded today to the Rev. Francis P. Duffy, famed chaplain of the 'fighting Sixty-ninth,' when that section of Times Square immediately surrounding his statue between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Streets will be designated as Duffy Square by a change of street signs... The change to Duffy Square was authorized March 29, when Mayor La Guardia signed the local law passed by the City Council."
Dunning, Jennifer. "A Walking Tour of the Past and Present on Broadway"Archived August 11, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 13, 1979. Accessed November 1, 2016. "The old stock and repertory company system made way for the Broadway hit and greater profits for the theater manager and owner, which, in turn, led to the rise of such theatrical entrepreneurs as Oscar Hammerstein, who struck out into the wilds of 44th and 45th Streets in 1895 to build his huge Olympia Theater in the 'Thieves Lair' area of Broadway."
Gray, Christopher."Streetscapes: A Small Hotel, a Mock Battleship and the Titanic"Archived November 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, December 1, 1996. Accessed November 1, 2016. "Q The Pabst Hotel was on the site of the old New York Times Tower, at the northwest corner of 42d and Broadway. Was it owned and operated by Pabst Brewing? . . . David Steigerwald, Fanwood, N.J.A Yes. The Pabst opened in November 1899, in the middle of the first wave of theater construction to arrive in the area, then known as Longacre Square."
Pollak, Michael. "A Highway's Starting Line, and a Flemish Firehouse"Archived March 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 8, 2016. Accessed November 1, 2016. "The sign, which has been restored to the northeast corner of 42nd Street and Broadway, is quite authentic. It was placed there on Feb. 12, 2009, the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, to mark the Lincoln Highway, which was created in 1913 and was the nation's first coast-to-coast road."
Chan, Sewell. "A Lincoln Highway Marker in Times Square"Archived November 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, February 12, 2009. Accessed January 9, 2022. "Nevertheless, Times Square is indeed the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the nation's first coast-to-coast road, which was formed in 1913, its 3,389 miles stretching from New York City to San Francisco."
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Times SquareArchived October 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Roger Ebert, November 17, 1980. Accessed October 5, 2016. "The story involves two teen-age runaway girls, an all-night disk jockey and the inhabitants of the Times Square jungle of New York."
New Year's EveArchived October 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Roger Ebert, December 7, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2016. "What sins did poor Hilary Swank commit, that after winning two Oscars, she has to play the role of the woman in charge of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square?"
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Vanilla Sky – Entertainment TonightArchived October 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Uncool. Accessed October 5, 2016. "New York has never shut down Times Square for anything, much less a film crew.... But with the help of the New York Mayor's office, the city's film commission and the New York police Department, the Vanilla Sky crew actually pulled off a total Times Square closure, arranging to clear the entire area for 90 minutes on a Sunday morning in November of 2000."
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TKTS Times Square, TimesSquareNYC.org. Accessed January 2, 2024. "Buy discounted tickets "under the red steps" in Father Duffy Square at Broadway and 47th St. TDF is a not-for-profit organization that has been dedicated to bringing the power of the performing arts to everyone since 1968."
Raferty, Liz. "How the Creators of Blindspot 'Shut Down Times Square' for That Crazy Opening Scene"Archived October 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, TV Guide, September 21, 2015. Accessed October 5. 2016. "Fast-forward five years, and Gero's vision has come to life in the form of Blindspot, NBC's new drama about a Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) who's discovered in a duffel bag in the middle of an evacuated Times Square, covered in tattoos and with no memory of how she got there, who she is, or what's going on in the world around her."
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Dunlap, David W."1907-8 | The Times Drops the Ball"Archived December 13, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, January 1, 2015. Accessed November 1, 2016. "After two more years of pyrotechnics, The Times found a less flammable way to signal the moment of midnight: an iron-and-wood ball, five feet in diameter, on which 100 25-watt bulbs were mounted. It was to be lowered down a flagstaff at midnight on Dec. 31, 1907."
Chan, Sewell. "A Lincoln Highway Marker in Times Square"Archived November 19, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, February 12, 2009. Accessed January 9, 2022. "Nevertheless, Times Square is indeed the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the nation's first coast-to-coast road, which was formed in 1913, its 3,389 miles stretching from New York City to San Francisco."
Allen, Irving Lewis. The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular SpeechArchived December 31, 2022, at the Wayback Machine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Quote: "By 1910, the blocks of Broadway just above 42nd Street were at the very heart of the Great White Way. The glow of Times Square symbolized the center of New York, if not of the world."
Dunning, Jennifer. "A Walking Tour of the Past and Present on Broadway"Archived August 11, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 13, 1979. Accessed November 1, 2016. "The old stock and repertory company system made way for the Broadway hit and greater profits for the theater manager and owner, which, in turn, led to the rise of such theatrical entrepreneurs as Oscar Hammerstein, who struck out into the wilds of 44th and 45th Streets in 1895 to build his huge Olympia Theater in the 'Thieves Lair' area of Broadway."
Gray, Christopher."Streetscapes: A Small Hotel, a Mock Battleship and the Titanic"Archived November 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, December 1, 1996. Accessed November 1, 2016. "Q The Pabst Hotel was on the site of the old New York Times Tower, at the northwest corner of 42d and Broadway. Was it owned and operated by Pabst Brewing? . . . David Steigerwald, Fanwood, N.J.A Yes. The Pabst opened in November 1899, in the middle of the first wave of theater construction to arrive in the area, then known as Longacre Square."
Pollak, Michael. "A Highway's Starting Line, and a Flemish Firehouse"Archived March 8, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, July 8, 2016. Accessed November 1, 2016. "The sign, which has been restored to the northeast corner of 42nd Street and Broadway, is quite authentic. It was placed there on Feb. 12, 2009, the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth, to mark the Lincoln Highway, which was created in 1913 and was the nation's first coast-to-coast road."
Henry, David (March 4, 1992). "A New Player on Times Square". Newsday. pp. 52, 55. Archived from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
Stephens, Suzanne (March 2000). "Four Times Square"(PDF). Architectural Record. Vol. 188. p. 92. Archived(PDF) from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
Polsky, Carol (October 8, 1986). "Prudential Company Joins Times Square". Newsday. p. 20. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
Henry, David (August 4, 1992). "Remodeling Times Square, Part IV". Newsday. p. 27. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
Grant, Peter (September 8, 1997). "Reuters' new tower will get Rudin byline". New York Daily News. p. 27. Archived from the original on September 25, 2021. Retrieved September 25, 2021 – via newspapers.com.
Seifman, David (February 26, 2009). "Broadway Cars Can Take A Walk". New York Post. Archived from the original on February 21, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2022.
Nigro, Carmen. "The Changing Face of Times Square,"Archived June 10, 2016, at the Wayback Machine New York Public Library: Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy (January 12, 2015).
Times SquareArchived October 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Roger Ebert, November 17, 1980. Accessed October 5, 2016. "The story involves two teen-age runaway girls, an all-night disk jockey and the inhabitants of the Times Square jungle of New York."
New Year's EveArchived October 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Roger Ebert, December 7, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2016. "What sins did poor Hilary Swank commit, that after winning two Oscars, she has to play the role of the woman in charge of the New Year's Eve ball in Times Square?"
Vanilla Sky – Entertainment TonightArchived October 27, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Uncool. Accessed October 5, 2016. "New York has never shut down Times Square for anything, much less a film crew.... But with the help of the New York Mayor's office, the city's film commission and the New York police Department, the Vanilla Sky crew actually pulled off a total Times Square closure, arranging to clear the entire area for 90 minutes on a Sunday morning in November of 2000."
Raferty, Liz. "How the Creators of Blindspot 'Shut Down Times Square' for That Crazy Opening Scene"Archived October 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, TV Guide, September 21, 2015. Accessed October 5. 2016. "Fast-forward five years, and Gero's vision has come to life in the form of Blindspot, NBC's new drama about a Jane Doe (Jaimie Alexander) who's discovered in a duffel bag in the middle of an evacuated Times Square, covered in tattoos and with no memory of how she got there, who she is, or what's going on in the world around her."
Father Duffy SquareArchived January 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed January 10, 2017. "Dominated in 1909 by a temporary eight-ton, fifty-foot statue by Leo Lentelli entitled Purity (Defeat of Slander), today this square—so central to the theater district—is defined by statues of George M. Cohan and Father Duffy, as well as a large public viewing grandstand along the north side."
Good Riddance Day, Times Square Alliance. Accessed January 10, 2017. "Good Riddance Day is inspired by a Latin American tradition in which New Year's revelers stuffed dolls with objects representing bad memories before setting them on fire."
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