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September 8, 2008

Photo courtesy Todd Hells Kitchen. File this one under unsurprising: The shiny new TKTS booth in Times Square that's supposed to finally open this month over 18 months late is also way over budget, the Post reports. The ambitious new discount theater ticket outlet, which features an all-glass skin with an amphitheater-style roof (pictured) and "a shimmering and floating carpet of color and light," has cost 100 percent more than its original $8 million estimate.......

Continue Reading "TKTS Outlet To Finally Reopen After Costly Delays"

June 30, 2008

Remember the plans for that fancy new TKTS theater ticket booth in Times Square that were unveiled back in Aught Six? Producer Ken Davenport (Altar Boyz) does, and the other day he was just wondering, you know, why the hell it’s not ready yet, since they originally said it would be open for business in just six short months. (The Times Square TKTS has been operating at the Marriot Marquis in the meantime.) So Davenport......

Continue Reading "TKTS Booth Stalled, Planner Hangs Up on Calls for Info"

June 15, 2006

Yesterday morning, police arrested a homeless man for three separate stabbing incidents on Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning. Four cabbies who witnessed Kenny Alexis stab two women near the Times Square W Hotel called 911 and followed him until police apprehended him at a McDonald's. Alexis's brushes with the law started before the first stabbing on a downtown C train - he was stopped by the police are trying to enter the 42nd Street......

Continue Reading "Stabbing Spree Suspect Arrested"

May 2, 2006

Yes, the TKTS booth is moving from Duffy Square to the Marriott Marquis until December of this year while the new TKTS booth that looks like a huge red staircase (the ticket counters are under the stairs) is being constructed. But why did it take so long? Because the Times Square Alliance decided to spiff up Duffy Square, that sliver of land between Broadway and Seventh Avenues, between 47th and 46th Streets, in a......

Continue Reading "TKTS and Duffy Square Revitalization"

July 21, 2005

Besides the Calvin Klein live perfume ad, there's some interesting action in Times Square today: FDNY firefighters will be at Duffy Square (the TKTS island) between 11AM-3PM autographing copies of the new 2006 Calendar of Heroes! There are apparently some firefighter models in their 40s in the calendar (hey, George Clooney, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt are all in their 40s) for the calendar to have a broader appeal. Sigh, we guess we'll get......

Continue Reading "2006 FDNY Calendar of Heroes"

June 2, 2005

Times Square, the crossroads of the world, wants to be a little less roady and more of a place for pedestrians to cross. The Times Square Alliance has a ten point plan to further improve Times Square, namely to make it look more beautiful and for pedestrians to have an easier time of it. Times Square Alliance president Tim Tompkins said, "While Times Square is gorgeous from the neck up, it needs a makeover from......

Continue Reading "More Sidewalk, Less Cars for Times Square?"

September 28, 2004

Oh, those wacky folks at Avenue Q have done it again. Those brilliant marketers are throwing their own debate Sept. 30 at 1 PM in Times Square's Duffy Square on 46th Street and Broadway, featuring singing candidates, free popcorn, cotton candy, balloons, and more. We love the warning being used: "Please Note - Any similarity between puppets and actual Presidential candidates is purely coincidental." Not-so-coincidentally, Bush and Kerry have their first debate later that evening.......

Continue Reading "Puppets to Debate - And We Don't Mean Bush and Kerry"

April 8, 2004

The center of the center of the world is 100 years old today, and Gothamist wishes it a happy birthday, filled with memories of with celebrations, New Year's confetti, tourists, hookers and drug dealers, Broadway musicals, and screaming fans outside of TRL. Many you have many more. More: Look at Times Square from the Earth Cam. Here's some very limited information about Times Square's 100th Anniversary from the Times Square Bid; apparently there will be......

Continue Reading "Happy 100th Birthday, Times Square"

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