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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. To Host NASDAQ Opening Bell Ceremony
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Mon, Nov 2
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. (ROIC) (NASDAQ: ROIC : http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fq%3B_ylt%3DApVtVpeEVrNJpl2uiYhde2excq9_%3B_ylu%3DX3oDMTB2ZGQ3cTV1BHBvcwMxBHNlYwNuZXdzQXJ0U3RhcnQEc2xrA2hv...
Campbell Debuts First-Ever Times Square Billboard
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Wed, Oct 28
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) has debuted the first-ever Times Square billboard in the company’s 140-year history. Commuters emerging from the 7th Avenue Subway station at 53rd Street in New York are asking themselves how a young boy could be slurping a giant noodle from a bowl of sou...
Speakers and Sessions Announced for the 2009 Insurance Marketing and Advertising Summit, Nov. 5 in NYC
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Mon, Oct 12
Well-known insurance marketers, journalists and publishers will present valuable insight for those who communicate within or to the insurance industry at A.M. Best Co.’s fourth annual Insurance Marketing and Advertising Summit. The summit will be held Thursday, November 5, at the West...
Pro-Tech Industries, Inc. to Present at the 2009 RedChip New York Equities Conference
Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• Fri, Sep 25
Pro-Tech Industries, Inc. (OTCBB:PTCK), a regional leader since 1995 in design-build infrastructure services for fire protection, alarm and detection, telecommunications, network services, specialty flooring and electrical contracting, announced today that Don Gordon, Chie...
Israel scouts entertain, inspire Jewish congregation in Newtown
Original at Danbury News Times
• Tue, Jun 9
CT We went to Times Square, the Empire State Building, everything you see on TV." And yet, even here, there is a digital deception. New York City isn't just the big ball sliding down on New Year's Eve. Or the street vendors hawking pretzels. ...
Dance to celebrate
Original at Daily News & Analysis
• Fri, May 29
Daily News & Analysis, India Lillete recounts that crazy moment at the Times Square, "We had just finished our performance off Broadway, and had got a great review in one of the leading American newspapers. The whole cast and crew broke into a song and dance at the Times Square ...
Times Square: A Piazza It Ain't
Original at Concierge
• Wed, May 27
Times Square: A Piazza It Ain't NY by Clive Irving New York City's Times Square is a misnomer. It never has been a square, in either form or function. It's okay, if you wish, to call it the Crossroads of the World, although that too is grandiose. Occasionally, on New Year's Eve or to ...
New York set to ban cars from Times Square
Original at United Press International
• Sun, May 24
The New York Daily News said Saturday some people have applauded the plan to ban all traffic from Broadway between 42nd and 47th Street in Times Square starting Sunday night. "I think it's going to bring more people and they'll be more comfortable," ...
Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall
Original at google.com
• Fri, May 22
Broadway will be closed to vehicle traffic for five blocks at Times Square, turning part of the "Crossroads of the World" into a pedestrian mall of throbbing lights, animated billboards and towering skyscrapers. The city believes the move will reduce ...
Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall
Original at google.com
• Fri, May 22
NEW YORK (AP) — Start spreading the news: You soon will be able to walk through the very heart of it in Times Square. New York City is launching an experiment Sunday to ban cars on five blocks of Broadway from 42nd Street to 47th Street to reduce ... Streetsblog New York - Chicago Public Radio
A drama good time at SU
Original at Oneida Dispatch
• Wed, May 20
NY An unscrupulous Broadway producer struggles to find a backer for his new show, which he knows will be a smash hit. Holed up in a Times Square hotel with 19 hungry actors and a ballooning room service bill, he tries to forestall eviction by concocting a ...
Broadway Closure Reroutes Bus Lines
Original at WNYC
• Tue, May 19
NY But for two sections, south of Times Square going downtown and north of Worth Street going uptown, riders will be forced onto the subway instead. Nancy Wright is one of the bus's 5200 daily riders. WRIGHT: I see a lot of people on the M6, ...
British theatre: a tonic for hard times
Original at Telegraph.co.uk
• Tue, May 19
United Kingdom As my friend Michael Riedel, the brilliant Broadway reporter of the New York Post, wrote to me recently: “We are completely dependent on British theatre these days. You've re-colonised Times Square.” The news is good in London, too. ...
What to see on your first visit to New York
Original at Troy Media Corporation
• Thu, May 14
Canada Take a stroll down Fifth Avenue, or see Times Square where New Yorkers and visitors celebrate New Year's Eve, and where you can find out more about Broadway plays. And all this is just for starters, so bring good walking shoes and enjoy New York City.
Street performers show off talents in Times Square in hopes of ...
Original at New York Daily News
• Tue, May 12
NY We're trying to show off the best of New York, the best in street talent," said Tompkins. "You can go inside the theaters and see the really polished talent of Broadway, but a lot of folks start off on the street doing raw street performances."
11 Times Square asking rents fall 25 percent
Original at The Real Deal New York
• Wed, May 6
New York - Adam Pincus There were rumors in January that law firm Proskauer Rose was looking at space in 11 Times Square, but last month Real Estate Weekly reported that it was renegotiating at its current location at 1585 Broadway. The decline in the expected rents at 11 ...
Justin Timberlake & Jessica Biel: Revlon Walkers
Original at Just Jared
• Sat, May 2
NY Justin Timberlake locks arms with his girlfriend Jessica Biel prior to the 12th Annual EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women at Times Square on Saturday morning (May 2) in New York City. Biel, 27, hosted the event alongside fellow Revlon brand ambassadors ...
2009 Times Square Commemoration
Original at hairenik.com
• Wed, Apr 29
Washington Times Aram Balian was awarded a Knights of Vartan silver medal for a letter he had written to Obama in regard to the Armenian Genocide. The 94th commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in Times Square was organized by the Mid-Atlantic chapters of the Knights ...
Essay contest winners to be recognized at Times Square commemorationOriginal at Armenian Reporter
• Thu, Apr 23
The winners will receive their awards at the 94th Anniversary Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide (1915-1923) to be held in Times Square (43rd & Broadway) on Sunday April 26, from 2 to 4 pm. This event is free and open to the public. ...
Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que Opens New Restaurant in Times Square in ... - MarketWatch
Original at press release
• Thu, Apr 2
BBQ restaurant has opened in Times Square in New York City. The restaurant is located on 47th St. between 6th and 7th Avenues, putting Famous Dave's hickory smokers and down-home barbeque side-by-side with the bright lights and glitz of Broadway. ...
Jackson glove on display in Times Square
Original at google.com
• Tue, Mar 24
ABC News NEW YORK (AP) — One of Michael Jackson's crystal-encrusted gloves will be on display in Times Square this week in a preview of a planned auction of the pop legend's possessions. Some 2000 items taken from Jackson's Neverland Ranch are scheduled to be ...
Broadway Pedestrian Plan Open House - Times Square
Original at Streetsblog San Francisco
• Sun, Mar 8
Hundreds of thousands walk through Herald Square and Times Square each day on overflowing sidewalks. Traffic on Broadway moves, on average, at only 4.2 miles per hour. Broadway at Times Square sees 137% more traffic crashes here than the nearby Avenues ...
New York's Times Square? You might think otherwise, but kids can ... - The Express Times
Original at LehighValleyLive.com
• Mon, Mar 2
Express-Times Photo/CKIAThe lights are not out on Broadway. But I can say now - now that the sibling weekend in the Big Apple is over - that it is a time these two will never forget. I have never forgotten my shore weeks with my big sisters. ...
A disappointing 'Guys and Dolls' hits Times Square
Original at google.com
• Sun, Mar 1
What's missing in this ambitious production, which opened Sunday at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, is the raffish charm — and more importantly — the brash humor of Damon Runyon's stories about the high and low-life denizens of Times Square. ... Globe and Mail - Broadway World
Shredding the old
Original at Albany Times Union
• Tue, Dec 30
The Times Square Alliance has a neat way to ring out the old: Shred it.The group, which works to boost the Times Square area, last year came up with the idea of "Good Riddance Day." A few days before New Year's, it rents an industrial-sized shredder and invites people to stop by with something t...
Times Square Gets Ready to Ring in 2009
Original at Wired Lifestyle
• Tue, Dec 30
By Meghan Keane Together with former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Disney Corporation helped turn Times Square from a rather shady part of town into a major tourist hub. New buildings facing the square are now required by law to boast illuminated signage, and the density of neon in the area rivals the L...
Times Square Goes Brightly Into That New Year
Original at Wired News
• Tue, Dec 30
By Meghan Keane Photo: Employees from Landmark Signs and Electric put the final touches on the 2009 New Year's Ball at One Times Square. New York's Times Square has been loudly ringing in the New Year every December 31 since 1907. But as technologies change so do the opportunities: Advertisers can now chan...
Business plan New Year's Eve ball drop in Sacramento
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Thu, Dec 11
A New Year's Eve ball drop in downtown Sacramento? That's the plan hatched by a group of downtown business leaders who want to bring some Times Square glitz to the capital city, with a high-wattage display and a ball dropped from atop a former bank building at 930 K St.
CBRE on Times Square Tower Lease
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Nov 24
By Tom Acitelli Upon its move, Pryor Cashman will occupy the entire 39th, 40th and 41st floors, as well as almost half of the third floor at 7 Times Square, which is located at the crossroads of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and West 41st and 42nd Streets. The firm is currently located at 400 and 410 Park Avenue...
The Insane Hardware Driving the World's Biggest LED Billboard [Walgreens]
Original at Gizmodo
• Fri, Nov 21
By Benny Goldman In a dusty supply closet at 1 Times Square, a computer terminal hooked up to hordes of ethernet servers, RAID arrays and monitors humbly runs the largest LED sign in the world. The sign, a 3-sided, 17,000-square-foot Goliath, debuted last night at the opening of a Walgreens in New York City....
New York Mets Team Report
Original at usatoday.com
• Mon, Nov 17
INSIDE PITCH David Wright's primary residence now is in Manhattan. And the transplanted Virginian indicated he would cheerfully help recruit free agents to the Mets if asked, especially because he's in town. "I live here most of the offseason," Wright said before serving as host for a Nov....
Liveblogging the TRL Finale!!!!!
Original at Just Jared
• Sun, Nov 16
10:57 PM - BYE BYE TRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hello, my party people!!!!! I’m here liveblogging from inside the MTV Times Square Studios in New York City. Hope you’re tuning in and watching the madness! Remember to keep refreshing for more updates as they come in! 7:55 PM - We’re just mi...
Screaming Goodbye To Total Request Live [And Now It's Dead]Original at Gawker
• Fri, Nov 14
By Richard Do you feel that tingly spark in the air today, especially as you near Times Square? It's because Total Request Live, MTV's long-running afterschool music video special is coming to an end after ten years, signing off on Sunday with a special big send-off bash. Yes, one of the last remainin...
Nov. 6, 1928: All the News That's Lit
Original at Wired Lifestyle
• Wed, Nov 5
By Tony Long 1928: The New York Times begins flashing headlines to pedestrians outside its offices at 1 Times Square, using an electronic news strip that wraps around the fourth floor of the building. Less than a year later, the zipper would be flashing the collapse of the stock market and the events th...
Vicky Ward: Art, Politics and Soul in New York
Original at Huffington Post
• Tue, Nov 4
By Vicky Ward If you weren't in Times Square tonight, the only place to be was downtown in the West Village at Gavin Brown's gallery for an installation... If you weren't in Times Square tonight, the only place to be was downtown in the West Village at Gavin Brown's gallery for an installation by Jonathon Ho...
Club Penguin Takes Over Times Square
Original at Gearlog
• Mon, Oct 27
By Carol Mangis Disney's Club Penguin invaded one of the busiest stretches of asphalt in the world on Friday to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the popular site's launch. Club Penguin's chilly oasis amid Times Square traffic. At the Times Square Toys "R" Us, kids went online to play around at Club Penguin.
ABC News to Transform Times Square Into 'Outdoor Global Viewing Event' for Election Night
Original at New York Observer
• Mon, Oct 27
By Felix Gillette —"Good Morning America Weekend" Anchor Kate Snow with Gov. Sarah Palin —"Good Morning America" Anchor Robin Roberts and "Good Morning America" News Anchor —Political analysts Cokie Roberts, George Will, Donna Brazile and Matthew Dowd in Times Square Studios and Torie Clarke in Washi...
Election Night May Be A Watershed For Networks
Original at mediabistro.com
• Fri, Oct 24
All three networks on both coasts are carving out a lollapalooza of their own on election night this year with JumboTron coverage in Times Square and shared dispatch space with Fox News, Reuters and Nasdaq, according to media central
11 Times Square's Concrete Core All Set
Original at New York Observer
• Wed, Oct 22
By Tom Acitelli Located on Eighth Avenue and flanked by 41st and 42nd streets, 11 Times Square offers countless neighborhood retail, dining and lodging amenities and ideal access to several modes of transportation, including numerous bus lines and parking for commuters at the Port Authority Termin...
'Strangely Shrill' Katie Holmes Hijacks Broadway [The Reviews Are In]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Oct 17
By STV The Katie Holmes Road Show and Protester Revival landed last night near Times Square, where the star made her Broadway debut amid a devoted crowd of tourists, family and Scientology nemeses flanking 45th Street. The reviews — and the heartfelt pleas for calm — are in after the jump.
Stepping Up: New Times Square TKTS Booth Finally Opens
Original at Gothamist
• Fri, Oct 17
By Jen Chung After years of work, the Theater Development Fund unveiled the new TKTS Discount Booth in the heart of Times Square yesterday. A glowing red glass amphitheater-style staircase, designed by John Choi and Tai Ropiha, is the centerpiece of Father Duffy Square (Broadway & 47th Street).
AC/DC News: Stream Album Now, Chase the “Black Ice” Bus
Original at Rolling Stone
• Wed, Oct 15
By Daniel Kreps Los Angeles October 16 12PM - 8PM Hollywood & Highland October 18 Roving Hollywood October 19 10PM - 2AM Hollywood & Highland (Album release 12:01 am) October 20 12PM - 8PM Hollywood & Highland
Hotel Review - Quality Hotel Times Square
Original at Travel Spells
• Tue, Jul 15
By Travel Wizard There are several Quality Hotels in the New York area and I stayed at the one placed in the very heart of Manhattan, 3 minutes away from Times Square. It’s clever location is the best thing this hotel has to offer. Other than that, especially in this period, when they are renovating, a lot of thi...
Uwe Boll's Postal Getting Rave Reviews From People You've Never Heard Of
Original at Kotaku
• Wed, Apr 9
By Michael McWhertor About another half-review is contained in the press release after the jump."POSTAL" Movie Campaign Delivers Raves in NY, Chicago" Michael J. Hein, Director of The New York City City Horror Film Festival, declares: "'Postal' is the funniest film of the year...hands down!"
Battle of the Butts: New York Church Takes Issue with Billboard Ad
Original at Blogcritics
• Tue, Jul 17
By Doug DeLong When the folks at the Times Square Church in New York City learned that a giant billboard featuring six naked butts was going to be erected on their building, they were not thrilled. In fact, they were downright indignant. So they've gone to court to try to stop the billboard company from dese...
New toilet seats “bare” watching
Original at Consumer Reports
• Mon, Jul 2
By info.rss@cro.consumer.org (Consumer Reports) The Clean Is Happy Web site ad campaign is sparking discussion in New York City because of the exposed derrieres that appear in it. (How ironic is it that the controversial bare-bottomed billboards will appear in Times Square, Manhattan’s onetime district of debauchery and sleaze?)
Believe It Or Not, Ripley's Reopens In Times Square
Original at Gothamist
• Thu, Jun 21
By Jen Carlson Times Square has always offered a nice dose of "weird," whether it be in the pre-Giuliani days or its now more Disney-fied incarnation. Now some more strange will be saturating the area, in the form a famous Odditorium. Yes, tourists will be able to see things like locks of Abe Lincoln's hair...
Opinion: The National @ The Human Giant MTV Marathon 5/19/07Original at stereogum
• Mon, May 21
Everywhere we looked Friday night was a mind explosion.The surreality of the scene at MTV studios was best captured by Aziz and Fred Armisen squaring off in a Guitar Hero challenge -- using the Times Square big screen as their personal Xbox monitor. (Aziz's excuse for missing notes: "There...
Podcast: Tempe New Year's Eve 'ball drop' in works
Original at AZ Central.com
• Fri, Apr 20
By Betty Beard Downtown Tempe is going to get its own New Year's Eve ''ball drop,'' similar to the one in Times Square in New York City.
Opinion: The New Guy: Times Square
Original at gawker.com
• Fri, Nov 17
By Dashiell Bennett Destination: Times Square. Guides: Bob Castrone, internet funnyman employed by Times Square-based media conglomerate; Kate Garrick, book pimp, gal about town. So Bob," I finally ask, "even if you didn't work here, you'd probably still hang out in Times Square all the time, right?"