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."
Dunlap, David W."1907-8 | The Times Drops the Ball" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, 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" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, 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."
Chan, Sewell. "A Lincoln Highway Marker in Times Square" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, 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."
Dunlap, David W."1907-8 | The Times Drops the Ball" （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, 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."
