February 14th in NYC History: 1899, referred to as "the 'Western' Boulevard"; called "the 'Grand' Boulevard" in The New York Times, February 1869, quoted in Michael V. Susi, The Upper West Side "Introduction", 2009:7.
Shorto, Russell (February 9, 2004). "The Streets Where History Lives". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 10, 2020. And what about a marker for the Wickquasgeck Trail, the Indian path that ran the length of the island, which the Dutch made into their main highway and the English renamed Broadway?
Dunlap, David W. (September 28, 2004). "After a Decade, Disney Chief Sees New 'Flair' on 42nd St". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 10, 2008. Barely recognized by a crowd that might not have been on the block if he hadn't been there first, the man who Disneyfied Times Square walked across 42nd Street yesterday to take in a decade's worth of change.... He emerged from under the marquee of the New Amsterdam Theater, whose opulent revival in Disney's hands has been credited as a key catalyst in the redevelopment of 42nd Street.
Dunlap, David W. (June 10, 2007). "Copy!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 10, 2008. The sound is muffled by wall-to-wall carpet tiles and fabric-lined cubicles. But it's still there, embedded in the concrete and steel sinews of the old factory at 229 West 43rd Street, where The New York Times was written and edited yesterday for the last time.
Lombardi, Kate Stone (October 16, 1994). "Hospital Marking Its 100th Year". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 20, 2020. When lower Broadway became more urbanized, the asylum was moved to upper Manhattan, on what is now the site of Columbia University. (The area was referred to as Bloomingdale – vale of flowers – by early Dutch settlers, and the hospital was named the Bloomingdale Asylum.
Santos, Fernanda (June 11, 2008). "Super Bowl-Winning Giants Get Canyon of Heroes Honor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 4, 2008. The plaque is one of the more than 200 granite strips in a route known as the Canyon of Heroes, marking those who have been honored by the city with ticker-tape parades.