Blue sky street corner billboards, cars, people, food shop, Chevys, Villa Pizza Restaurant, West 4nd Street 8th Avenue, New York
One World Plaza, in the background of this view, is a 49 storey, 237 m (778 ft) tall office skyscraper, completed in 1989, on 8th Avenue, with a granite concrete base, red brick facade and copper and glass pyramid roof known as 'David's Diamond' after the architect, David Childs. Food shops (Villa Pizza restaurant, Chevys Restaurant and Market Food Court occupy the street corner with West 42nd Street in the foreground of the shot. For long periods in the mid-20th century the 42nd Street area, near Times Square and 7th Avenue, was home to unsavoury activities, including sex industry peep shows and grindhouse theatres. In 1990 the City Government, encouraging a clean-up, took over six historic theatres between 7th and 8th Avenues. Since the mid-1990s the area has become home again to legitimate theatres (both live and movie). To signify the change, the area is referred to as 'New 42nd Street', as seen on the street sign, centre foreground.
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Location: West 42nd Street at 8th Avenue, Manhattan, New York, USA
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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