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InterContinental Times Square now open in New York City
USA Today
7/13/10
... USA TODAY InterContinental Hotels has opened its new flagship, the 36-story, luxury InterContinental Times Square at 44th Street and 8th Avenue. ...
SHAKE & WAIT - FOR BURGERS
Daily News (New York)
7/13/10
... Shack opened in Times Square, and fans queued up ...
... line for the new Times Square Shake Shack, which snaked ...
The New Forever 21 Attracts Seven Times As Many Visitors a Day As the Statue
New York Magazine
6/29/10
The new Forever 21 that opened last week in Times Square is more than the scariest store to have opened on the island of Manhattan since the "epic" ...
Unlocking New York, One Date at a Time
The New York Times
6/24/10
“Key to the City,” a new project dreamed up by the Brooklyn artist Paul Ramírez Jonas and commissioned by the public-art organization Creative Time, in cooperation with the City of New York...
Times Square Showdown: Naked Cowboy Vs. Naked Cowgirl
People Magazine
6/22/10
By Stephen M. Silverman When last heard from, the Times Square tourist attraction known as the Naked Cowboy had tossed his 10-gallon hat into the political ...
Times Square Yoga Session Welcomes the First Day of Summer
DNAinfo
7/22/10
A mass yoga session held in the middle of Times Square marked the first day of summer on Monday. By Leslie Albrecht TIMES SQUARE — Call it the ultimate ...
First Day of Summer Celebrated With Yoga
The Epoch Times
7/21/10
At 12:30 pm—the hottest time of the day—participants gathered in Duffy Square and got ready to “draw on the full force and energy of the sun” with Bikram ...
Watching the Tony Awards "alfresco" in Times Square
Examiner.com
7/15/10
With the 2009 changes that went into effect blocking off traffic in Times Square, a new tradition has been born. Times Square becomes an outdoor theater ...
Times Square 'Taste' A Success, Organizers Say
NY1
6/7/10
The 17th annual "Taste of Times Square" was held Monday in the Crossroads of the World, with more than 50 area restaurants participating. Visitors
not only are things back to normal, business is booming," said Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins. "Well this is our first time here...
Past Times Square Media Coverage
Odd News
WTVY - Dothan,AL,USA
11/11/08
YONKERS, NY (AP) - We all know about the glittering ball that drops on New Year's Eve in Times Square. But how about the Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July ...
http://www.wtvynews4.com/news/headlines/34260844.html
FOXNews.com - New Year's Eve Ball to Remain All Year in Times ...
FoxNews.com
11/10/08
New Year's Eve Ball to Remain All Year in Times Square , A bigger, brighter Waterford crystal ball will usher in 2009 above Times Square, ...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,449805,00.html
Latest Times Square ball to mark more than New Year's eve
CNN.com
11/10/08
Next month, it'll be the famous New Year's Eve ball. Next year, it could be the Great Pumpkin.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/11/new.year.ball.ap/index.html
New Times Square ball to hang around for Halloween
The Huffing Post
11/11/08
The made-in-Ireland triangles, about 5 inches on a side and half an inch thick, combine to make a translucent ball that serves as a canvas for a computerized light show that will begin at about 6 pm New Year's Eve, six hours before the ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20081110/new-year-s-ball/
New Ball for the Big Apple
VisualCulture.com
By Oberholtzer Creative Staff
Times Square will be dropping a new ball this year for its annual New Years Eve celebration. It’s bigger, brighter, and greener. Source:
http://www.oberholtzer-creative.com/visualculture/2008/11/new-ball-for-the-big-apple/
Big Rockefeller Plans on West 48th?
Rockefeller Group Development Corp pays $62.5 million for a six-story garage at 148 West 48th Street.
New York Observer, November 10, 2008, 110 words, Tom Acitelli
http://www.observer.com/2008/real-estate/big-rockefeller-plans-west-48th
GREEN INKS VIACOM
MEDIA BIG WILL STAY AT 1515 BROADWAY
NY Post, 11/11
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11112008/business/green_inks_viacom_138102.htm
DICK CLARK'S NEW YEAR'S ROCKIN' EVE WITH RYAN SEACREST 2009" AIRS ...
The Futon Critic - San Jose,CA,USA
11/10/08
... and for the first time country star Kellie Pickler will be the Times Square correspondent, reporting on other happenings in and around New York City. ...
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20081110abc04
Her New York
Architecture Critic Ada Louis Huxtable talks about the changing face of the city, the state of its architecture, why Times Square dazzles and why an economic downturn may not be the worst thing to happen to New York.
The New York Times, November 9, 2008 Sunday, Section CY; Column 0; The City Weekly Desk; Pg. 1, 2425 words, By PHILLIP LOPATE. Phillip Lopate's books include ''Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/nyregion/thecity/09huxt.html?scp=1&sq=huxtable&st=cse
The Sky Above, The Street Far Below
Profile of Highbar, a penthouse lounge on 8th & 48th.
The New York Times, November 9, 2008 Sunday, Section ST; Column 0; Style Desk; BOiTE; Pg. 10, 527 words, By JOHN ELIGON
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/09/fashion/09boite.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=highbar&st=cse&oref=slogin
She's still smoochin' like in '45!
NY Daily News, Monday, 11/10
The famed kissing nurse in the iconic 1945 Times Square photograph is back in New York to serve as a grand marshal in Tuesday's Veterans Day Parade.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/09/2008-11-09_shes_still_smoochin_like_in_45.html
Mars, `Naked Cowboy' End Trademark Lawsuit Over Times Square Ad
Bloomberg – USA
11/10/08
10 (Bloomberg) -- Mars Inc. and Times Square's ``Naked Cowboy'' street performer agreed to drop a trademark lawsuit over the candy company's blue M&M ...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aCAcAJckE5NY&refer=us
42nd Street Times Square Passageway Subway Art 21
11/8/08
Photographed in the passageway at 42nd Street/Times Square traveling east between the 8th Avenue/Port Authority Bus Terminal A, C, & E trains) and the 7th Avenue/Broadway (1, 2, & 3 trains) platforms. I watched the workmen install these ...
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/11/42nd_street_times_square_passa_20.php
NYC's Naked Cowboy, Mars Inc. end M&M ad dispute
The Canadian Press - NEW YORK
11/8/08
A Times Square entertainer known as the Naked Cowboy has melted away his differences with a blue M&M, settling claims that candymaker Mars Inc. ...
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iDxU4Lta-kBiLAI3t_K-4zDOtMZw
In Times Square for Obama's historic win
Bermuda Sun – Bermuda
11/7/08
The most amazing thing, Mr. Jones writes, was not the euphoria, or the celebrations, it was the way people in Times Square were looking at each other, ...
http://www.bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=24&SubSectionID=270&ArticleID=39464&TM=55746.63
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