Just another Times Square picture...

Just another Times Square picture...

Die Reklametafel in der Mitte ist in Wirklichkeit das Hochhaus mit der Hausnummer "One Times Square".

Kaum zu glauben, aber das 25 geschossige, 111 Meter hohe Gebäude wurde bereits 1903 erbaut (bis 1905).
1967 wurde es komplett saniert.

Facts :
Nowadays the building is called simply 1 Times Square,
appropriate for its role as the undoubtedly best-known Times Square building.
During the 1960's, this Gothic Styled tower was stripped to the steel and reclad,
resulting in a modernist curtain wall (designed by Smith Smith Haines Lundberg & Waehler)
which is now hidden behind all of the advertizing.
Giant billboards of electric lights are placed on the front side of the building at Times Square.
Every year the countdown to the New Year is broadcast on television from here.
When it opened, it was the second tallest building in Manhattan
and soon became the backdrop for a lively theater district.
The Times Building, a steel-framed skyscraper that originally had
decorative lines and Gothic details, is probably the most famous work of architect Eidlitz.
The tower filled a triangle at the base of Longacre Square,
later renamed Times Square for the building and its owner,
The New York Times newspaper.

Nikon Coolpix 995, 22.10.2003