On 8 April 1904 the former Longacre Square, which to this date was a place for horse stables and coa

On 8 April 1904 the former Longacre outer banks vacation rentals by owner Square, which to this date was a place for horse stables and coach technicians, was renamed after the new tower of the New York Times. From the early 1920s theaters, musicals, oyster bars and cabarets lined up all the way up to 50th Street. Additionally in this environment some of New York s most elegant hotels were found.
Neon signs flicker and a large screen transmit sports events, concerts or news. The tradition of the billboards on Times Square started early, the first were exclusively of white bulbs and especially around the Broadway the square was called The Great White Way. Until the mid-40s, the advertising activity was confined almost exclusively to the northern part of the intersection, the Father Duffy Square, outer banks vacation rentals by owner since the southern part contained mostly hotels and the publishing house of the New York Times tolerated no advertising because of the elegant facade design.
From the 50s onwards the southern end was as well lit up by billboards or neon signs, especially the roofs of the lower buildings were used up to the last meter. The most famous commercials of this era were the Camel Cowboy blowing clouds of smoke over the square and the huge Pepsi waterfall on the former Bonds department store.
The Times Square ticker is a huge marquee at the front of the One Times Square building which shows the news headlines in text format. It was used in 1928 to announce the result of the presidential election. The news ticker that runs around the entire outer banks vacation rentals by owner building, originally consisted of 14,800 lamps. In 1985, Newsweek took over the financing of the ticker after the marquee was out of service for ten years. Currently it is funded by Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal.
On 31 December 1904 the New York Times held a New Years Eve party on Times Square outer banks vacation rentals by owner to celebrate the move of the newspaper to the new publishing house at One Times Square. Since New Year s Eve 1907, instead of the fire works the famous Times Square ball was introduced. It is lowered from a flag pole on the building with a countdown, 60 seconds before the new year starts.