Wednesday, October 22, 2014

TIMES SQUARE, NEW YORK

ENGLISH/INDONESIAN

Times Square is the name of the main road intersection in Manhattan, New York City, USA. This intersection is the meeting place of roads and streets of Broadway and Seventh Avenue, and includes the area between West 42nd to West 47th Street.

See in a larger map  Times Square

The area around Times Square, called called the Theatre District includes blocks from east to west between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue and between West 40th and West 53rd Street from north to south. This area is part west of the business district and the trade is called Midtown Manhattan.
 

  Right in the middle of Times Square are Building One Times Square billboards fitted outer walls and a widescreen television. Intersection Times Square, formerly known as Longacre Square, but the name was changed to the intersection of Times Square since April 1904 after The New York Times moved to the new Times Building was completed. Times building and renamed the One Times Square until now.


  Every New Years Eve at One Times Square Building was held annual ceremony ball drop in Times Square. Times Square is often called the "Crossroads of the World" or the "Great White Way" (literal meaning: the Great Shining Path), and has achieved status as the famous landmarks in the world and a symbol of New York City and the United States.



In line with the development of New York City, Times Square quickly became a cultural center, and the buildings are filled with drama, music halls, and upscale hotels.
Times Square quickly turned into the agora for the people of New York, as the square is to gather while waiting for the good news and celebrate together, whether it was the result of a World Series baseball game or the presidential election.


In Times Square encountered many buskers, street dancers, people who wear figures or dolls movies and others

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