getmischGREAT 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
More great pics, of the American #Horse Exchange #arena, before it became the #WinterGarden #Theatre (1911), & street view of "Times Station" entrance in the #NYTimes tower.
Also of #EdenFarm, 70 acres #JohnJacobAstor bought in 1803 after bankruptcy. It ran from #Broadway (#Bloomingdale Road at the time) almost all the way to the #HudsonRiver, and from 42nd to 46th Streets.
#NYC #TimesSquare not #Time #Square #Longacre #NewYorkCity #Manhattan #carriage #newspaper
https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2024/08/when-longacre-square-became-times-square-before-bright-lights-and-broadway.html
Also of #EdenFarm, 70 acres #JohnJacobAstor bought in 1803 after bankruptcy. It ran from #Broadway (#Bloomingdale Road at the time) almost all the way to the #HudsonRiver, and from 42nd to 46th Streets.
#NYC #TimesSquare not #Time #Square #Longacre #NewYorkCity #Manhattan #carriage #newspaper
https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2024/08/when-longacre-square-became-times-square-before-bright-lights-and-broadway.html
When Longacre Square Became Times Square: Before the Bright Lights of Broadway - The Bowery Boys: New York City History
What was Times Square before the electric billboards, before the Broadway theaters and theme restaurants, before the thousands and thousands of tourists? What was Times Square before it was Times Square? Today it’s virtually impossible to find traces of the area’s 18th and 19th century past. But in this episode, Tom and Greg will peel away… Read More