GREAT OLD PICS
Long Acre (also #Longacre) Square was taken from #London's district for buying #horses & #carriages. Basically, the area was a huge #UsedCar market, before there were #cars. The #WinterGarden #Theatre (1911) was an #arena to watch your horse (1881)!
City changes name 1904 bc #NYTimes is #building a #tower on the site. #Electricity & #StreetLights help make area safer, #NYC's first #subway opens 1904, #newspaper moves in 1905.
#TimesSquare not #Time #Square
https://geographicguide.com/united-states/nyc/antique/times-square/ny-times-building.htm

The #NYTimes outgrew the building quickly. Apparently, the #printing presses in the basement were so affected by the #subway underneath, they had to put sand under them! They moved to a huge #building on 43rd & stayed there until 2007, expanding to 44th.
Owner Ochs started the #NewYear's celebrations on Dec 31, 1904, & for years they just lit fireworks on the roof until the city outlawed it. The ball drop started that year, 1908.
#NYC #TimesSquare #NewYearsEve #BallDrop
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Times_Square