Times Square 'canvas' provides showcase for design.Voters have selected three prime sites that they say best showcase the Crossroads of the World Designed by Robert V. Derrah and built in 1936, the Crossroads of the World has been called America's first modern shopping mall. Located on Sunset Boulevard and Las Palmas in Los Angeles, the mall features a central building designed to resemble an ocean liner surrounded by a , Times Square. The McGraw-Hill Through-Block, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, The New Victory Theater and 1 Times Square took the top spots in the first Design Times Square, a new annual design competition sponsored by the Times Square Alliance. "Times Square is an ever-evolving canvas for architects and designers, as well as developers and owners of office towers, hotels, restaurants and retail establishments," said Tim Tompkins, president of the Times Square Alliance. "Design Times Square gives us the chance to recognize and reward the great design that has become our trademark." A jury of design professionals nominated 39 sites that showcase the Crossroads of the World as a fascinating medley of old and new, iconic and innovative, public and private then invited voters chose three sites that best captured the area's unique spirit. Easily a favorite among the denizens of Times Square, the McGraw-Hill Through-Block was designed in 1972 by Harrison, Abramowitz & Harris. Adjoining the western edge of the building between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, along West 48th Street, this public space contains a waterfall and transparent plexiglas tunnel that pedestrians can traverse. Times Square is home to several of these through-blocks, which urban planners List of urban planners chronological by initial year of plan.
The New Victory Theater, New York's oldest active theater, was originally designed by J.B. McElfatrick in 1900. Under the direction of The New 42nd Street Inc., it underwent restoration and reconstruction by Hardy Hottzman Pfeiffer in 1995, leading the way for the renaissance of 42nd Street. The New Victory's story mirrors Times Square's 100-year-old history of cultural and economic peaks and valleys. The selection of this building was a vote not only for live theater, one of Times Square's cornerstones for the last 100 years, but also for the careful renovation of our most cherished performing arts institutions. Originally built in 1904 for the New York Times, the New York Times, The Morning daily newspaper, long the U.S. newspaper of record. From its establishment in 1851 it has aimed to avoid sensationalism and to appeal to cultured, intellectual readers. 25-story structure now known as 1 Times Square was transformed into a sign-covered tower in the 1960s. Today, the structure is renowned for its wrap around news zipper zipper Device for binding the edges of an opening, as on a garment or a bag. A zipper consists of two strips of material with metal or plastic teeth along the edges, and a sliding piece that interlocks the teeth when moved in one direction and separates them again when moved ; dynamic billboards promoting Cup of Noodles noo·dle 1 n. A narrow, ribbonlike strip of dried dough, usually made of flour, eggs, and water. [German Nudel. , Panasonic, Budweiser and Discover Card; and as the location where the crystal ball is lowered every New Year's Eve. The building that precipitated the neighborhood's name change is viewed every December 31 by over a billion people, making this New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. icon a fitting pick for the contest's top three sites. Completing the top ten Design Times Square list are the New 42nd Street Studios, the New Amsterdam Theater, the Westin New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of at Times Square, the New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority , an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. Entrance at 5 Times Square, Toys R US, the Paramount Building and the Lyceum Lyceum, gymnasium near ancient Athens Lyceum (līsē`əm), gymnasium near ancient Athens. There Aristotle taught; hence the extension of the term lyceum to Aristotle's school of philosophers, the Peripatetics. Theater. |
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