People of Times Square

September 29, 2014 11:34 AM

Meet the people hanging out in Times Square late at night. Over 330,000 people pass through Times Square every day. Here you can see the Times Square eccentrics in the 90s before the corporations took over.
posted by rageagainsttherobots (5 comments total)

Trigger warning: dancing baby at 0:32.
posted by sparklemotion at 11:45 AM on September 29, 2014

"The streets here are always lively in the evening."
posted by Fizz at 12:20 PM on September 29, 2014

"Here you can see the Times Square eccentrics in the 90s before the corporations took over."

"Times Square" was named after The New York Times in 1904. It's ALWAYS been about the corporations. And what happened in the 90s wasn't a takeover by corporations, it was a take over by the government.

As our friend Wikipedia puts clearly, "In 1990, the state of New York took possession of six of the nine historic theatres on 42nd Street..." and "In 1992, the Times Square Alliance, a coalition of city government and local businesses dedicated to improving the quality of commerce and cleanliness in the district, started operations in the area."
posted by mikewebkist at 2:21 PM on September 29, 2014 [4 favorites]

Dee Evetts' Haiku on 42nd Street.
posted by latkes at 7:01 PM on September 29, 2014

This NY Times piece about the art installations that squatted 42nd street before the makeover is really a window into a different time and a different kind of New York.
posted by latkes at 7:06 PM on September 29, 2014