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11 unusual facts about Times Square


BadVista

BadVista activists teamed up with Defective by Design members on a Vista launch party on January 30, 2007 at the Times Square.

Carol Lin

She traveled the globe to report on numerous breaking news stories for CNN, including the rebuilding of Kosovo, the shootings at Columbine High School, the fall of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, and live from New York City's Times Square as part of CNN's world wide Millennium night coverage.

Erwin Baker

In 1915, Baker drove from Los Angeles to New York City in 11 days, 7 hours and fifteen minutes in a Stutz Bearcat, and the following year drove a Cadillac 8 roadster from Los Angeles to Times Square in seven days, eleven hours and fifty-two minutes while accompanied by an Indianapolis newspaper reporter.

Granada Studios Tour

The exterior of the complex was a New York street setting replicating Times Square, complete with yellow cabs, large neon advertisements and entertainers role-playing police officers.

Holes in My Shoes

At 17 he was performing shows in clubs and theaters, most famously at The Lambs Club near Times Square, performing to film stars of the time.

Michael Peter Woroniecki

In November 2010, according to the article Woroniecki Family in Times Square on Associated Content.com, the Woroniecki family ministered in Times Square, New York City, handing out free music CDs and promoting their website ‘ifanyoneisthirsty.com’.

Perry Bradford

He had offices in the Gaiety Theatre office building in Times Square.

Sleazoid Express

Founded as a one-sheet (later to expand to four to six pages) by Bill Landis, an NYU grad, projectionist and devotee of the crime-ridden sleaze houses, the magazine not only captured the genre affections but the whole Times Square milieu of drugs, violence and prostitution.

Vivian Beaumont Theater

It is New York City's only Broadway-class theater (thus making its productions eligible for Tony Awards) that is not located in the Theater District near Times Square.

Wanna Be a VJ

Contestants were selected from the crowd around MTV's Times Square office, and narrowed down via challenges testing the applicants' music knowledge and personality.

Yann Barthès

On the night of the election, they joined New Yorkers in Times Square and hoisted aloft a banner bearing the word "Cassoulet", as well as another version with the words "Cassoulet Forever".


Adolph Ochs

In 1904, Ochs moved the New York Times to a newly built building on Longacre Square in Manhattan, which the City of New York then renamed as Times Square.

Debbie Moore

Notable campaigns included Revlon, and a billboard in Times Square in New York plus Silvikrin shampoo, Rolo, Timex, and The Guardian.

Edgar Selwyn

The Selwyns owned several theatres in the United States including the Park Square Theatre in Boston; the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio; the Selwyn in Chicago; and the Selwyn, Apollo, and Times Square theatres in New York City.

Francis P. Duffy

Duffy Square—the northern half of New York City's Times Square between 45th and 47th Streets—was named in his honour.

Jack Dempsey's Broadway Restaurant

Located next door to Jack Amiel's "Turf Restaurant" on Times Square, Amiel became famous as the owner of the "underdog" horse Count Turf who won the 1951 Kentucky Derby.

Johannes Kirchmayer

His work outside the Boston area includes carvings in the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, West 46th Street, New York City; St. Mary's Anglican Church, Windsor, Ontario; the Church of the Saviour, Syracuse, New York; and the James J. Hill House, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Leaving Fear Behind

On 9 March 2012, the 53rd anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising, a coalition of human rights and Tibetan activist groups calling for Dhondup Wangchen's release held a rally in New York City's Times Square; excerpts from Leaving Fear Behind were shown there on a twelve-foot video screen beneath the Xinhua Jumbotron.

Megan Kalmoe

Her future ambitions include visiting the world's largest and most celebrated parties, including Carnival, Mardi Gras, New Year's Eve on Times Square, Oktoberfest, and the Super Bowl.

MTV Live

The show began its run in September 1997 in the then-newly acquired Times Square Studio on Broadway in New York.

One Astor Plaza

After a nine month $21 million renovation, the space reopened as the Nokia Theatre at Times Square.

Our Russian Front

Upon release, the film screened for more than 20 hours a day and broke all previous box office records at the Rialto Theater in Times Square.

Right by My Side

Minaj also performed the single during her surprise appearance at the Nokia Lumia 900 launch in Times Square.

Rufus T. Bush

Among other contributions, the terminal funded construction of Bush Tower, a landmark skyscraper on famous 42nd St. next to Times Square in New York, as well as the building of Bush House, London, an elaborate office building that housed the BBC World Service from 1941 until Jul 2012.

South Nyack, New York

Recently, the company sold mostly to ice carvers and supermarkets and supplied the ice for magician David Blaine's stunt in 2000 when he suspended himself in a block of ice over Times Square.

Stephan Savoia

Events he has covered for the Associated Press include the millennium celebration in Times Square and the second Woodstock celebration in 1994.

The Stand: Captain Trips

Artist Mike Perkins appeared at a midnight signing at Midtown Comics in Times Square, Manhattan to promote the book.

Times Square Theater

The final scene of the 1980 motion picture Times Square was filmed at the Times Square Theater, with Robin Johnson's character performing a "midnight concert" atop the theater's marquee.

Total Request

Carson Daly originally hosted the show, seemingly away from MTV's newly acquired studios in Times Square.