Originally known as Long Acre (also Longacre) Square after London’s carriage district, Times Square served as the early site for William H. Vanderbilt’s American Horse Exchange. In the late 1880s, Long Acre Square consisted of a large open space surrounded by drab apartments.

Times Square, formerly known as Long Acre Square, is an emblematic landmark of New York City, synonymous with the vibrancy and energy of the metropolis. Renamed in 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the newly erected Times Building, the square has since evolved into a global symbol of urban excitement and entertainment.

2014年10月1日 · Though the date listed in the Library of Congress photo is 1905, through some group digging on the Facebook group Old Images of New York, we were able to put the date between 1898-1900, the...

2015年7月14日 · Originally known as Long Acre (also Longacre) Square after London’s carriage district, Times Square served as the early site for William H. Vanderbilt’s American Horse Exchange. In the late 1880s, Long Acre Square consisted of a large open space surrounded by drab apartments. Soon, however, the neighborhood began to change.

2021年11月15日 · Think of New York City today and many will likely picture Times Square, the glittering lights of Broadway and the fashion of Fifth Ave. In the 1800s, however, the Big Apple was a very...

2024年1月9日 · The area now known as Times Square fell into the hands of real estate mogul John Jacob Astor in the 1800s. By the second half of the 19th century, that area had become the center of the city’s horse carriage manufacturing industry and home to William H. Vanderbilt’s American Horse Exchange.

2015年1月12日 · Although boastful, the Times was prescient with its headline “ Times Square is the Name of City’s New Center.” The New York Times launched the first New Year’s Eve Celebration in Times Square that year, to fête the opening of the brand-new Times Building. Still called "Longacre Square" on this postcard which shows the new Times building.

In the early 19th century, John Jacob Astor purchased the land and made a fortune selling it off in pieces to developers. It became known as Longacre Square. Later, theaters and restaurants came and in 1904, it became Times Square when The …

2021年2月3日 · Times Square is a major commercial area in New York City, famous for its vast electrical signs, bustling theatres and restaurants, and annual New Year’s celebrations. Before it was ‘Times Square’, the area on 42nd Street went by a number of different names.

2010年12月17日 · Listen along as we travel through the decades, through Times Square’s glory days of lobster palaces and celebrities, the introduction of electric advertisements, its gritty slide and eventual rebound. Is the new Times Square an extraordinary transformation? Or a travesty? 1909, when things weren’t quite so insane.