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One Times Square remained a major focal point of the area due to its annual New Year's Eve "ball drop" festivities and the introduction of a large lighted news ticker near street-level in 1928. The Times sold the building to Douglas Leigh in 1961. Allied Chemical then bought the building in 1963 and renovated it as a showroom. Alex M. Parker ...
Times Square is a major ... Times Square was renamed in 1904 after The New York Times moved its headquarters to the then newly erected Times Building, now One ...
The former Times Building at One Times Square as seen in 1904. The New York Times, founded in 1851, was first housed in 113 Nassau Street in Lower Manhattan. It moved to 138 Nassau Street, the site of what is now the Potter Building, in 1854. The Times moved to a neighboring five-story edifice at 41 Park Row in 1858.
The Times Square ball first dropped in 1904, and it came into being thanks to Jacob Starr, a Ukranian immigrant and metalworker, and the former New York Times publisher, Adolph Ochs.
The Times Square ball was once a 5-foot creation of iron and wood. Now, it measures 12 feet in diameter and is lit by more than 30,000 LEDs.
Here is a look at the scenes from Times Square on New Year's Eve 2024. Where to watch the ball drop: TV channels, streaming options, performers, more. Times Square New Year's Eve photos.
NEW YORK -- The ball that will drop in Times Square to usher in 2025 has been unveiled days before its final run. Organizers of the iconic New Year's Eve party in New York City screwed the last ...
A section of the original IRT northbound platform at Times Square, now a closed-off section of the track 4 shuttle platform. Planning for a subway line in New York City dates to 1864. [11]: 21 Development of what would become the city's first subway line started in 1894, when the New York State Legislature passed the Rapid Transit Act.