May 27th, 2009 at 4:30PM: New York City's famous Times Square became free of cars this Monday. This is the latest in two decades of radical changes to what used to be a dirty, dangerous, but uniquely vibrant part of one of the world's greatest cities. City officials have blocked traffic from 42nd to 47th Streets at Times Square and between 33rd and 35th Streets at Herald Square in a much-anticipated move we first reported ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Times Square becomes a pedestrian zone
May 27th, 2009 at 4:30PM: New York City's famous Times Square became free of cars this Monday. This is the latest in two decades of radical changes to what used to be a dirty, dangerous, but uniquely vibrant part of one of the world's greatest cities. City officials have blocked traffic from 42nd to 47th Streets at Times Square and between 33rd and 35th Streets at Herald Square in a much-anticipated move we first reported ...Mezz vs. orchestra: It's the people around you
Mar 25th, 2009 at 9:00AM: I settled into my seat at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in Manhattan on Saturday well in advance of the curtain's rise. My wife and I were eager to see "God of Carnage," which had received great reviews and featured a high-profile cast. For a change, we had seats in the mezzanine section – rather than our usual preference for orchestra. It wasn't a big deal, and we were prepared to accept ...
