Editing Times Square (section)

==Geography==
Times Square functions as a [[town square]], but is not geometrically a [[square]]. It is closer in shape to a bowtie, with two triangles emanating roughly north and south from 45th Street,<ref>[http://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/urbanmagazine/2011/05/09/times-square-is-not-a-square/ "Times Square is not a square,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608195818/https://blogs.cuit.columbia.edu/urbanmagazine/2011/05/09/times-square-is-not-a-square/ |date=June 8, 2022 }} ''Urban Magazine'' (May 9, 2011).</ref> where [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh Avenue]] intersects [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]. Broadway similarly intersects other north–south avenues at [[Union Square (Manhattan)|Union Square]], [[Madison Square and Madison Square Park|Madison Square]], [[Herald Square]], and [[Verdi Square]], none of which are squares.<ref name="nyt-2012-01-03">{{Cite news |last=Kimmelman |first=Michael |date=January 3, 2012 |title=The Grid at 200: Lines That Shaped Manhattan |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/arts/design/manhattan-street-grid-at-museum-of-city-of-new-york.html |access-date=March 21, 2022 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321170020/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/03/arts/design/manhattan-street-grid-at-museum-of-city-of-new-york.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The area is bounded by West [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]], West [[47th Street (Manhattan)|47th Street]], 7th Avenue, and Broadway. Broadway runs diagonally, crossing through the horizontal and vertical [[street grid]] of Manhattan laid down by the [[Commissioners' Plan of 1811]], and that intersection creates the "bowtie" shape of Times Square.<ref>[[Witold Rybczynski|Rybczynski, Witold]]. ''City Life: Urban Expectations in a New World'' New York: Scribner, 1995. p.27. {{ISBN|0-684-81302-5}}. Quote: "...despite its name [Times Square] is really a street intersection, not a square."</ref><ref>Dunlap, David W. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/10/realestate/commercial-property-times-square-novelty-north-duffy-sq-butler-every-floor-hotel.html "COMMERCIAL PROPERTY: Times Square Novelty; North of Duffy Sq., a Butler-on-Every-Floor Hotel"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213110311/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/10/realestate/commercial-property-times-square-novelty-north-duffy-sq-butler-every-floor-hotel.html |date=December 13, 2021 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 10, 1990. Accessed February 26, 2017. "With its hot nightclubs, dazzling signs and sprawling showrooms, the block at the northern end of the 'bowtie' formed by Broadway and Seventh Avenue was always an important part of old Times Square."</ref>

Times Square is the official name of the southern triangle, below 45th Street.<ref>[http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=9&p=988269,215380&c=GISBasic&s=a:TIMES+SQUARE,MANHATTAN "Times Square"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110191358/http://maps.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/?z=9&p=988269,215380&c=GISBasic&s=a:TIMES+SQUARE,MANHATTAN |date=January 10, 2022 }} New York City Geographic Information Service map</ref> The northern triangle is officially known as [[Duffy Square]]<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/father-duffy-square/history Father Duffy Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112183051/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/father-duffy-square/history |date=January 12, 2017 }}, [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed January 10, 2017. "Dominated in 1909 by a temporary eight-ton, fifty-foot statue by Leo Lentelli entitled Purity (Defeat of Slander), today this square—so central to the theater district—is defined by statues of George M. Cohan and Father Duffy, as well as a large public viewing grandstand along the north side."</ref> and was dedicated in June 1939 to honor World War I chaplain Father [[Francis P. Duffy]] of the [[69th New York Infantry Regiment]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1939/06/13/archives/duffy-sq-signs-to-be-put-up-today-area-surrounding-statue-of.html "Duffy Sq. Signs To Be Put Up Today; Area Surrounding Statue of Chaplain of Old 69th to Be Separate From Times Sq."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 13, 1939. Accessed January 2, 2024. "A new honor will be accorded today to the Rev. Francis P. Duffy, famed chaplain of the 'fighting Sixty-ninth,' when that section of Times Square immediately surrounding his statue between Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Streets will be designated as Duffy Square by a change of street signs... The change to Duffy Square was authorized March 29, when Mayor La Guardia signed the local law passed by the City Council."</ref> A statue by [[Charles Keck]] was dedicated in May 1937 as a memorial to Duffy.<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/father-duffy-square/monuments/416 Father Duffy Square], [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed January 2, 2024. "At the apex of the triangle defining the north end of Times Square, the massive statue of Father Francis Patrick Duffy (1871–1932) by Charles Keck (1875–1951) has stood sentinel since it was unveiled May 2, 1937."</ref> There is also [[Statue of George M. Cohan|a statue]] of composer and entertainer [[George M. Cohan]],<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/father-duffy-square/monuments/282 Father Duffy Square: George M. Cohan], [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed January 2, 2024. "This bronze statue depicts the American composer, playwright, actor, and producer George M. Cohan (1878–1942).  The statue was designed by Georg John Lober (1892–1961) and dedicated in 1959."</ref><ref>Harris, Stephen L. ''Duffy's War: Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish Fighting 69th in World War I'', Potomac Books, 2006</ref> and the [[TKTS]] discount ticket booth for same-day Broadway and off-Broadway theaters that has been at the site since June 1973.<ref>[https://www.timessquarenyc.org/locations/tkts-times-square TKTS Times Square] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102155535/https://www.timessquarenyc.org/locations/tkts-times-square |date=January 2, 2024 }}, TimesSquareNYC.org. Accessed January 2, 2024. "Buy discounted tickets "under the red steps" in Father Duffy Square at Broadway and 47th St. TDF is a not-for-profit organization that has been dedicated to bringing the power of the performing arts to everyone since 1968."</ref><ref>[https://www.tdf.org/about-us/media-center/tkts-turns-50-in-times-square/ "TKTS® Turns 50 in Times Square"], [[Theatre Development Fund]], press release dated June 8, 2023. Accessed January 2, 2024. "'TDF approached me and my business partner John Schiff to design a temporary structure around a trailer for $5,000,' said Bob Mayers, partner at Mayers & Schiff, the architectural firm hired to design the original half-price ticket booth in Duffy Square in 1973.... Operated by TDF, a not-for-profit service organization for the performing arts, TKTS Times Square opened for business on June 25, 1973, and quickly became a mecca for theatregoers from all over the world."</ref>