Times Square (New York
City)
Times
Square is a major commercial intersection and a neighbourhood in Midtown
Manhattan, New York City, at the junction of Broadway and stretching from West
42nd to West 47th Streets. Brightly adorned with billboards and advertisements,
Times Square is sometimes referred to as "The Crossroads of the
World", "The Center of the Universe", and the heart of "The
Great White Way". It is the hub of the Broadway Theatre District, one of
the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major center of the world's
entertainment industry. Times Square is one of the world's most visited tourist
attractions, drawing over 39 million visitors annually. Approximately 330,000
people pass through Times Square daily, many of whom are either tourists or
people working in the area.
Times
Square was renamed in April 1904 after The New York Times moved its
headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, the site of the annual ball
drop on New Year's Eve, a tradition which began on December 31, 1907 and
continues today, attracting over a million visitors to Times Square every New
Year's Eve.
The
northern triangle of Times Square is Duffy Square, which was dedicated in 1937
to Chaplain Francis P. Duffy of New York City's "Fighting 69th"
Infantry Regiment; a memorial to Duffy is located there, along with a statue of
George M. Cohan, and the TKTS discount theatre tickets booth. The stepped red
roof of the TKTS booth also provides seating for various events. The statue of
Duffy and Duffy Square were listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2001.
1. True or false
a) Times Square was renamed in
January 1905 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly
erected Times building.
b)
Times
Square is a major commercial intersection and neighbourhood in Midtown
Manhattan
2. Open questions
a) What are the names referred to Times
Square?
b ) What is Times Square brightly adorned with?
3. Synonyms
a)
Painting (1 paragraph)
b)
Avenues (1 paragraph)
c) placed (3 paragraph)
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