Times Square

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The Times Square project is a permanent pedestrian precinct with a goal of making it a destination for visitors, comfortable for daily workers, convenient for theater-goers and an asset to retails. The landscape will create a surface that marks the historic alignment of Broadway, blurs the traditional sidewalk/road boundaries and affords the maximum flexibility of uses.
Renovation, 2014
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The Times Square project is a permanent pedestrian precinct with a goal of making it a destination for visitors, comfortable for daily workers, convenient for theater-goers and an asset to retails. The landscape will create a surface that marks the historic alignment of Broadway, blurs the traditional sidewalk/road boundaries and affords the maximum flexibility of uses.

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1904
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1986
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1991
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2001
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2002
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2005
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2008
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2014
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2021
Images
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Images
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V-E Day celebration in Times Square

Drawings and documents
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Diagram of street paving and furniture

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Conceptual sketch

2014 - Renovation
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2014 - Renovation - Images
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For the Times Square Alliance Snohetta developed a streetscape design that integrates the unique pedestrian experience in Times Square with a high volume of traffic, allowing the space to adapt to peak vehicle and peak pedestrian operation.

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Aerial View of Times Square Streetscapes - The existing street geometry, traffic patterns, and pedestrian volumes were studied to identify critical areas where additional pedestrian space was needed.

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Additionally, low-tech strategies and technologies were developed to create quality public space and experience that is seamlessly integrated with complex, heavily-trafficed infrastructure

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Rendering of the planning project

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The design blurs the traditional sidewalk/road boundaries

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The permanent pedestrian precinct has the goal of making it a destination for visitors

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Artistic rendition of the street furniture

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Street paving

ASSOCIATED SITES
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Public Art
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The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave
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The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave

Norman B Colp

New York

Installation

New York in Transit (Times Square Mural)
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New York in Transit (Times Square Mural)

Jacob Lawrence, MTA Arts & Design

New York City, New York

Mosaic

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Revelers (Times Square Mural)
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Revelers (Times Square Mural)

Jane Dickson, MTA Arts & Design

New York City, New York

Mosaic

Times Square Mural
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Times Square Mural

Roy Lichtenstein, MTA Arts & Design

New York City, New York

Mural (painted)

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35 Times (Times Square Mural)
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35 Times (Times Square Mural)

Toby Buonagurio, William Nicholas Bodouva + Associates, Architects

New York City, New York

Installation

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Every One, Each One, Equal All (Times Square Mural)
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Every One, Each One, Equal All (Times Square Mural)

Nick Cave, Franz Mayer of Munich, MTA Arts & Design

New York

Mosaic

The Return of Spring / The Onset of Winter (Times Square Murals)
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The Return of Spring / The Onset of Winter (Times Square Murals)

Jack Beal, MTA Arts & Design

New York City, New York

Mural

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Architecture
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One Times Square, The New York Times Building (1903 - 1913)
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One Times Square, The New York Times Building (1903 - 1913)

Cyrus Eidlitz, Andrew Mackenzie, Lundberg & Waehler

New York City, New York

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