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Electronic Ticker Tape The Morgan Stanley digital UPPER
tickertape comprises seven giant LED screens. It is one Hudson River WEST SIDE CENTRAL
of the many eye-catching lighting displays that PARK
illuminate Times Square day and night. City ordinances THE THEATER DISTRICT
MIDTOWN WEST &
required office buildings to carry neon advertising.

0 meters 100 Key CHELSEA & THE LOWER
GARMENT DISTRICT MIDTOWN
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Locator Map
See map pp16–17
1221 Avenue of
the Americas
J. P. Stevens 1211 Avenue of
Company Tower the Americas

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W 47TH ST
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D N U
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H A V Duffy Square is home to
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a statue of actor, composer,
T and writer George M. Cohan,
N who was responsible for
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V many of Broadway’s hits.
E The square is named for
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World War I hero, “Fighting”
Father Duffy, immortalized
in a statue. It is also home
to the TKTS (see p334)
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booth, where cut-price
theater tickets are sold daily.
3 Lyceum Theatre
The oldest Broadway theater,
the Lyceum has a beautifully
ornate Baroque facade.

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Belasco Theatre was built in 1907
by producer David Belasco and
was the most technically advanced
theater of its time. Original Tiffany
glass and Everett Shinn murals
decorate the interior. It is rumored
that Belasco’s ghost still treads
the boards some nights.

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