Times Square Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Effects ==== Times Square now boasts attractions such as [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s [[Times Square Studios]], where ''[[Good Morning America]]'' is broadcast live; competing [[The Hershey Company|Hershey's]] and [[M&M's]] stores across the street from each other, and multiple multiplex movie theaters. Additionally, the area contains restaurants such as the [[Bubba Gump Shrimp Company]], a [[seafood]] establishment; [[Planet Hollywood|Planet Hollywood Restaurant and Bar]], a [[theme restaurant]]; and Carmine's, serving [[Italian cuisine]]. It has also attracted several large financial, publishing, and media firms to set up headquarters in the area. A larger presence of police has improved the safety of the area.<ref name="nyt20150107" /> The theatres of Broadway and the huge number of animated [[neon sign|neon]] and [[LED]] signs have been one of New York's iconic images as well as a symbol of the intensely urban aspects of Manhattan. Since 1987 such signage has been mandated by [[zoning ordinance]]s that require building owners to display illuminated signs, the only district in New York City with this requirement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-viii/chapter-1/81-732 |title=Zoning Resolution 81β732 |publisher=City of New York |access-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-date=October 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008165616/https://zr.planning.nyc.gov/article-viii/chapter-1/81-732 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Oser |first=Alan S. |title=Great White Way; Planning for a Brighter Times Sq. |work=The New York Times |date=December 14, 1986 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/14/realestate/perspectives-great-white-way-planning-for-a-brighter-times-sq.html |access-date=August 22, 2009 |archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214185322/https://www.nytimes.com/1986/12/14/realestate/perspectives-great-white-way-planning-for-a-brighter-times-sq.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The neighborhood has a minimum limit for lighting instead of the standard maximum limit.<ref>[http://www.archdaily.com/241079/architect-robert-a-m-stern-presence-of-the-past/ "Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past" (PBS video)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320233706/http://www.archdaily.com/241079/architect-robert-a-m-stern-presence-of-the-past/ |date=March 20, 2015 }} on the Arch Daily website</ref> The density of illuminated signs in Times Square rivals that in [[Las Vegas]]. Officially, signs in Times Square are called "spectaculars", and the largest of them are called "[[jumbotron]]s". This signage ordinance was implemented in accordance with guidelines set in a revitalization program that New York Governor [[Mario Cuomo]] implemented in 1993.<ref name="nyt20150107">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/nyregion/mario-cuomo-42nd-street-times-square.html?_r=0 |title=With a Friendlier 42nd Street, Mario Cuomo Left His Mark on Times Square |work=The New York Times |date=January 7, 2015 |access-date=January 8, 2015 |author=David W. Dunlap |archive-date=January 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108194223/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/nyregion/mario-cuomo-42nd-street-times-square.html?_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Naked Cowboy in Times Square.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The "[[Naked Cowboy]]" has been a fixture on Times Square for decades.]] Notable signage includes the [[Toshiba]] billboard directly under the NYE ball drop, the curved seven-story [[NASDAQ]] sign at the [[NASDAQ MarketSite]] at [[4 Times Square]] on 43rd Street, and the curved [[Coca-Cola sign]] located underneath another large LED display owned and operated by [[Samsung]]. Both the Coca-Cola sign and Samsung LED displays were built by LED display manufacturer [[Daktronics]]. Times Square's first environmentally friendly billboard powered by wind and solar energy was first lit on December 4, 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Collins |first=Glenn |title=In Times Square, a Company's Name in (Wind- and Solar-Powered) Lights |work=The New York Times |date=November 14, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/nyregion/15billboard.html |access-date=August 22, 2009 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701103659/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/15/nyregion/15billboard.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On completion, the [[20 Times Square]] development will host the largest LED signage in Times Square at 18,000 square feet.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://commercialobserver.com/2014/05/ian-schrager-taps-cbre-for-20-times-square-retail/ |title=Ian Schrager Taps CBRE for 20 Times Square Retail |last=Barbarino |first=Al |publisher=Commercial Observer |access-date=June 11, 2014 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606205819/http://commercialobserver.com/2014/05/ian-schrager-taps-cbre-for-20-times-square-retail/ |url-status=live }} (May 21, 2014)</ref> The display will be 1,000 square feet larger than the Times Square [[Walgreens]] display and one of the largest [[List of largest video screens|video-capable screens]] in the world.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/nyregion/24sign.html |title=How to Stand Out in Times Square? Build a Bigger and Brighter Billboard |last=Collins |first=Glenn |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=January 14, 2013 |date=May 24, 2008 |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225104531/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/nyregion/24sign.html?hp&_r=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page