Editing 42nd Street (Manhattan) (section)

=== Revitalization ===

[[File:Manhattanhenge 2016-07-12-FRD.png|thumb|upright=0.8|Tourists observing [[Manhattanhenge]], blocking the entire intersection of 42nd Street and the [[Avenue of the Americas]], looking westward at the [[sunset]] on July 12, 2016]]
In the early 1990s, the city government encouraged a cleanup of the Times Square area. In 1990, the city government took over six of the historic theaters on the block of 42nd Street between [[Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Seventh]] and [[Eighth Avenue (Manhattan)|Eighth Avenues]], and [[New 42nd Street]], a [[not-for-profit]] organization, was formed to oversee their renovation and reuse, as well as to construct new theaters and a rehearsal space. In 1993, [[Disney Theatrical Productions]] bought the [[New Amsterdam Theatre]], which it renovated a few years later. Since the mid-1990s, the block has again become home to [[Broadway theatre|mainstream theaters]] and several multi-screen mainstream movie theaters, along with shops, restaurants, hotels, and attractions such as [[Madame Tussauds]] wax museum and [[Ripley's Believe It or Not]] that draw millions to the city every year. This area is now co-signed as "New 42nd Street" to signify this change.

In the 1990s, the renovation of [[Bryant Park]] between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, as well as the renovations of Times Square and Grand Central Terminal, led to increases in office occupancy along both sections of 42nd Street.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Deutsch|first=Claudia H.|date=June 2, 1996|title=Commercial Property/East 42d Street;Rebirth of West 42d Street Is Spreading Eastward|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/02/realestate/commercial-property-east-42d-street-rebirth-west-42d-street-spreading-eastward.html|access-date=December 14, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827172401/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/02/realestate/commercial-property-east-42d-street-rebirth-west-42d-street-spreading-eastward.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2025, the [[New York City Department of Transportation]] announced that the block of 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues would be upgraded to protect it from terrorist attacks. The project, budgeted at $57 million, would include adding steel bollards, installing sewage pipes, and widening the sidewalks and bus lanes.<ref>{{cite web | last=Durso | first=Isabelle | title=NYC to Spend $57M on 42nd Street Pedestrian Safety Improvements | website=Commercial Observer | date=February 10, 2025 | url=https://commercialobserver.com/2025/02/new-york-city-42nd-street-pedestrian-safety-improvements/ | access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Spivack | first=Caroline | title=42nd Street to get $57M makeover to prevent terror attacks | website=Crain's New York Business | date=February 10, 2025 | url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/42nd-street-get-57m-makeover-prevent-terror-attacks | access-date=February 11, 2025}}</ref>