Times Square Subway. 1560 Broadway, between 46th and 47th Street . Telephone 212-869-5667 (8:00 to 20:00) .
Times Square Subway. 1560 Broadway, between 46th and 47th Street . Telephone 212-869-5667 (8:00 to 20:00) . Nearly thirty million visitors a year pass through this area of Manhattan, and most do so at night , when its best shows . Huge TV and hundreds of neon signs advertise all kinds of products and performances to the sound of the yellow cabs that whiz . So called because the offices of the New York Times were placed here in 1904. There was a time when prostitution , drugs and crime were synonymous with Times Square today has become full of theaters , auditoriums , hotels and fancy restaurants cultural center of the city. Today the image of Times Square would not be recognizable without its spectacular neon signs. An image that is viewed by two million people pass daily through the square and many millions more worldwide who admire through photographs , paintings, film and television. Times Square began to fill with big announcements in 1916, when an ordinance encouraged installation in this part of town . Since then many people have been here , some true works of art. Additionally they played an important role in remodeling of the plaza in its most decadent era: to put pressure on the rulers of the city, one night his neighbors put out all signs for 15 minutes. The move could not have better results and negotiation was immediate . The development and maintenance of these lights has exclusive responsibility Artkraft Strauss Company , founded in 1935 by Jacob Starr, who first used the neon signs . Advertise on Times Square cost several million dollars and a few thousand more a month for maintenance.
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