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    Times Square

    Brândușescu Alessia, Fodor Andreea, Tiba


    Adelina
    IX-C
    Times Square is a major commercial intersection, tourist
    destination, entertainment hub, and neighborhood in
    Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. Times
    Square is brightly lit by numerous digital billboards and
    advertisements as well as businesses offering 24/7 service. It
    is New York's most famous landmark and is the liveliest area in
    the city.
    Times Square is one of the world's most
    visited tourist attractions, drawing an
    estimated 131 million visitors annually.
    Approximately 330,000 people pass through
    Times Square daily, many of them tourists,
    while over 460,000 pedestrians walk through
    Times Square on its busiest days. As of 2013,
    it had a greater attendance than each of the
    Disney theme parks worldwide.
    Times Square is the world's second most
    visited tourist attraction.
    New Year’s Eve Celebrations

    Times Square is the site of the annual


    New Year's Eve ball drop. About
    one million revelers crowd Times Square
    for the New Year's Eve celebrations, more
    than twice the usual number of visitors
    the area usually receives daily. However,
    for the millennium celebration on
    December 31, 1999, published reports
    stated approximately two million
    people overflowed Times Square, making
    it the largest gathering in Times Square
    since August 1945 during celebrations
    marking the end of World War II.
    Impact of COVID-19

    About 108,000 pedestrians visited


    Times Square each day in late
    2020 compared to the 380,000
    before the pandemic. From March
    to October 2020, 26 of the area's
    46 hotels closed, as well as 39 of
    151 stores and 16 of 86
    restaurants. Times Square was
    closed to the public for New Year's
    Day 2021 and observers were
    dispersed into enclosures
    measuring 8 by 8 ft.
    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. Times Square is
    the official name of the southern triangle,
    below 45th Street. The northern triangle is
    officially known as Duffy Square and was
    dedicated in June 1939 to honor World
    War I chaplain Father Francis P. Duffy.
    Effects

    Times Square now boasts


    attractions such as ABC's
    Times Square Studios, where
    Good Morning America is
    broadcast live; competing
    Hershey's and M&M's stores
    across the street from each other,
    and multiple multiplex movie
    theaters. It has also attracted
    several large financial, publishing,
    and media firms to set up
    headquarters in the area. A larger
    presence of police has improved
    the safety of the area.
    Notable landmarks

    Times Square is a busy intersection of art


    and commerce, where scores of
    advertisements compete for viewers'
    attention. Notable examples include:
    ● Coca-Cola sign
    ● Disney Store Times Square
    ● Fashion One
    ● FashionTV
    ● Hard Rock Cafe New York
    ● M&M's World
    ● Hershey's Chocolate World
    ● Planet Hollywood
    ● Palladium Times Square
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