- Description: We will soon see Broadway completely assimilated into the fabric of Times Square, creating new plazas and endless potential for new and exciting experiential moments. The conversion of Broadway begins a new interpretation of the very nature of Times Square, its identity as a public place, and its function as an iconic and phenomenal destination.
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- Description: Times Square is going through physical and psychological changes. These changes are positive and quite significant to the redefinition of Times Square that began several decades ago. The recent conversion of Broadway for permanent pedestrian use signifies the beginning of a paradigmatic shift in the experience and identity of Times Square.
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- Description: Remnants of past lives are clearly evident in the forms around the Square. Older delineations of property, changes in scale and use are commonplace to the lives of our fathers. Buildings from the past often express to the present viewer a form of naiveté in their manner. They can be bold and seemingly uninhibited in a way that today seems innocent.
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- Description: Madison Square Park looms large in the history of New York City. Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz immortalized the Park and environs at the turn of the century in their work. Steichen’s photographic views of the Flatiron Building and the Park are Iconic of the city. This time in the city’s history was a moment personified by the lives of Stieglitz and O’Keeffe, a mythic American Romance that is synonymous with a transformative point in American Art.
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- Description: As I cross 59th St. on my way to Whole Foods in the Time Warner Center, I am shocked by the ease of walking effortlessly through the middle of Columbus Circle, never once having to break my stride or have to sprint or halt for an interminable amount of time as a result of car congestion. I can remember some twenty-five years ago what it was like to try and traverse the intersection - a torturous experience through a lifeless landscape.
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- Description: It has been almost a year since Duffy Square was transformed from a virtual traffic island into a pulsating public space. During this time it has become apparent how successful the design solution has been in enlivening and revitalizing Times Square. This significant shift can be tracked by the seeds planted in a movement towards a more civic-minded environment amidst the visual spectacle of private enterprise.
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- Description: By its very nature, as a meandering path growing out of the base of Manhattan, Broadway has been an authentic chronicle of the city’s history from its very beginning. It is a remarkable part of New York’s urban form - that a walking path evolved and integrated itself into the city as a major thoroughfare and morphed into a playful and organic counterpoint to the formalized artificial order of the city grid. As Broadway moves through the city, major open spaces – unique to the density of streets – have developed.
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