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Rate I [HEART] Stonewall

Original at Metro Weekly external link    Thu, Jun 11

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The Love Ball takes place Saturday, June 27, at 11 pm Nokia Theatre, 1515 Broadway, Times Square, New York. Tickets are $70. Call 212-674-8541 or visit ... and more »

Rate Conference Bike could make return to Phila.

Original at Philadelphia Inquirer external link    Thu, Jun 11

He said it was misused in Times Square in New York City, where it only contributed to congestion. The Council legislation was introduced last week and was ... and more »

Rate Defensive Computing lessons from the SEC e-mail scam

Original at Computerworld external link    Wed, Jun 10

To deal with this think of Broadway; don't send anything via e-mail that you wouldn't want to appear on a billboard in Times Square. ... and more »

Rate Tourists and New Yorkers Take a Rubber Seat in Times Square

Original at New York Times external link    Wed, Jun 10

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A family rests in Times Square, where 376 rubber lawn chairs and loungers have temporarily taken over a section of Broadway for the summer. ... and more »

Rate Justice for the Privileged

Original at KFSM external link    Wed, Jun 10

after President Obama talked about closing down the Guantanamo detention facility, "that the jihadist with a suitcase nuke captured in Times Square be ... and more »

Rate Adam Lambert Didn't Surprise 'American Idol' Fans By Coming Out

Original at MTV.com external link    Wed, Jun 10

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We wanted to know what you had to say about the development, so MTV News hit the streets of Times Square to find out if Lambert's announcement surprised you ... and more »

Rate EarthCam Captures Fun of ' The Taste of Times Square”

Original at HotIndieNews.com external link    Wed, Jun 10

 NY Toshiba, Hawaiian Tropic, Toyota, Anheuser-Busch, the Seattle Space Needle, and Prudential, among others. As the foremost provider of live images on the Internet, EarthCam webcasts premiere events including New Year's Eve in Times Square.

Rate IACC Global Ad Campaign Targeting Consumers of Counterfeit Goods - PR Newswire

Original at press release external link    Wed, Jun 10

PR Newswire (press release), NY The NYC campaign will begin with streaming anti-counterfeiting messages displayed in New York's Times Square at the Reuters Digital Billboard and NASDAQ. The ads will be in English, French, Spanish, Italian, German and Mandarin Chinese -- designed to ...

Rate The First iPhone Application to Control Screens in Times Square ... - PR Web

Original at PR Web external link    Wed, Jun 10

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The game is displayed several times per hour on Clear Channel's Spectacolor screen in New York's Times Square, located at 48th Street and Broadway. When Jumbli is live in Times Square, all other connected screens (including those on iPhones and in ...

Rate Couple pays homage to iconic Times Square kiss

Original at Florida Times-Union external link    Tue, Jun 9

 FL By Mark Woods New York Daily News columnist Michael Daly (right) interviews Lauren James and her boyfriend, Rusty Neesham, as Daily News photographer Julia Xanthos (left) listens. Lauren James of Jacksonville and her boyfriend, Navy Petty Officer 2nd ...

Rate Salsa group off to Singapore

Original at stuff.co.nz external link    Tue, Jun 9

 New Zealand In the last five years, the New Zealand team has been "around the world and back". "A couple of years ago we danced on the Great Wall of China. We've danced in Times Square, Tokyo, Venice Beach, and Disneyland," Mr Raukawa said. ...

Rate Israel scouts entertain, inspire Jewish congregation in Newtown

Original at Danbury News Times external link    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. ...

Rate B'way revival of 'Guys and Dolls' ends run Sunday

Original at google.com external link    Tue, Jun 9

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NEW YORK (AP) — Those raffish Damon Runyon residents of Times Square are closing up shop. Producer Howard Panter says the Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls" will fold Sunday after a run of 113 performances. The production of the Frank Loesser ...

Rate EarthCam Captures Images Of 'The Taste Of Times Square' Festivities

Original at Broadway World external link    Tue, Jun 9

 NY Toyota, Anheuser-Busch, the Seattle Space Needle, and Prudential, among others. As the foremost provider of live images on the Internet, EarthCam webcasts premiere events including New Year's Eve in Times Square. Visit EarthCam at www.earthcam.com.

Rate Famous Dave's (DAVE) President and CEO to Ring the NASDAQ Stock ... - GlobeNewsWire

Original at Primenewswire external link    Tue, Jun 9

Famous Dave's will be participating in NASDAQ OMX's Annual Food and Restaurant Industry Forum at NASDAQ MarketSite in Times Square on June 10th. Where: NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast Studio When: Wednesday, June 10, ...

Rate RESHMA SHETTY from Royal Pains Interview

Original at Daemon's TV external link    Mon, Jun 8

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 California And I saw her in "Grey Gardens" when she was starting, she did the whole thing on Times Square. And if you're in New York, you know everything that's going on on Broadway, and that's half of what you do. And then I met her. ...

Rate French playwright triumphs at Tony awards

Original at google.com external link    Mon, Jun 8

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I am happy to be here again. Maybe you miss my accent?" Yasmina Reza said as she received the award. The ceremony took place at New York Radio City Hall and was broadcast live to a new pedestrian area at Times Square in the center of Manhattan Island.

Rate Reza triumphs at Tony awards

Original at Straits Times external link    Sun, Jun 7

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 Singapore I am happy to be here again. Maybe you miss my accent?' Yasmina Reza said as she received the award. The ceremony took place at New York Radio City Hall and was broadcast live to a new pedestrian area at Times Square in the centre of Manhattan Island. ...

May of 2009

 

Rate Dance to celebrate

Original at Daily News & Analysis external link    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 ...

Rate Answers About the History of 42nd Street, Part 3

Original at New York Times external link    Fri, May 29

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 NY Theater and commerce have often sustained each other, and they seem to be doing so quite successfully on 42nd Street and along Times Square. If the area survives the current recession, this beautiful friendship will probably continue. ...

Rate FEI Company to Host Investor Meeting and Preside over Opening Bell

Original at WELT ONLINE external link    Thu, May 28

 Germany The meeting will be held at the Nasdaq Market Site, 4 Times Square, 43 rd and Broadway, starting at 10:30 am EDT. Interested investors will be able to access an audio webcast of the presentation at the Investor Relations section of the company's web ...

Rate Times Square: A Piazza It Ain't

Original at Concierge external link    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 ...

Rate Broadway's Record-Breaking Year!

Original at FOXNews external link    Wed, May 27

New York Times by Jill Dobson I'm reporting LIVE from New York City's Times Square today, sharing some long-awaited positive economic news. The Broadway League has released its gross box office income for the past 12 months, and it was a record-breaking year. ...

Rate New York set to ban cars from Times Square

Original at United Press International external link    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," ...

Rate Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall

Original at google.com external link    Fri, May 22

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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 ...

Rate Amid Times Square chaos, now a pedestrian mall

Original at google.com external link    Fri, May 22

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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

Rate Broadway Closure Reroutes Bus Lines

Original at WNYC external link    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, ...

Rate British theatre: a tonic for hard times

Original at Telegraph.co.uk external link    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. ...

Rate Street performers show off talents in Times Square in hopes of ...

Original at New York Daily News external link    Tue, May 12

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 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."

Rate 11 Times Square asking rents fall 25 percent

Original at The Real Deal New York external link    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 ...

Year 2009

 

Rate Famous Dave's Bar-B-Que Opens New Restaurant in Times Square in ... - MarketWatch

Original at marketwatch.com external link    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. ...

Rate Jackson glove on display in Times Square

Original at google.com external link    Tue, Mar 24

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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 ...

Rate Broadway Pedestrian Plan Open House - Times Square

Original at Streetsblog San Francisco external link    Sun, Mar 8

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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 ...

Rate Shredding the old

Original at Albany Times Union external link    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...

Rate Times Square Gets Ready to Ring in 2009

Original at Wired Lifestyle external link    Tue, Dec 30

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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...

Rate Times Square Goes Brightly Into That New Year

Original at Wired News external link    Tue, Dec 30

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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...

Rate Business plan New Year's Eve ball drop in Sacramento

Original at Sacramento Bee external link    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.

Rate Liveblogging the TRL Finale!!!!!

Original at Just Jared external link    Sun, Nov 16

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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...

Rate Screaming Goodbye To Total Request Live [And Now It's Dead]Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gawker external link    Fri, Nov 14

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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...

Rate Vicky Ward: Art, Politics and Soul in New York

Original at Huffington Post external link    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...

Rate Club Penguin Takes Over Times Square

Original at Gearlog external link    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.

Rate ABC News to Transform Times Square Into 'Outdoor Global Viewing Event' for Election Night

Original at New York Observer external link    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...

Rate Election Night May Be A Watershed For Networks

Original at mediabistro.com external link    Fri, Oct 24

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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

Rate Stepping Up: New Times Square TKTS Booth Finally Opens

Original at Gothamist external link    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).

Rate Hotel Review - Quality Hotel Times Square

Original at Travel Spells external link    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...

Year 2007

 

Rate Battle of the Butts: New York Church Takes Issue with Billboard Ad

Original at Blogcritics external link    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...

Rate Believe It Or Not, Ripley's Reopens In Times Square

Original at Gothamist external link    Thu, Jun 21

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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...

Rate Opinion: The National @ The Human Giant MTV Marathon 5/19/07Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at stereogum external link    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...

Rate Podcast: Tempe New Year's Eve 'ball drop' in works

Original at AZ Central.com external link    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.

Year 2006

 

Rate Opinion: The New Guy: Times Square

Original at gawker.com external link    Fri, Nov 17

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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?"

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