[PHOTO] ‘The Human Squirrel’, 1918
Posted: October 5, 2015 Filed under: Entertainment, History | Tags: New York City, NYC, Photography, Stunt Man, Times Square Leave a comment
The “Human Squirrel” who did many daring stunts in climbing for benefit of War Relief Funds in New York City. He is shown here at a dizzy height in Times Square. Times Photo Service., ca. 1918.
[PHOTO] Sidewalk Clock Outside Barthman Jewelers, New York City, 1947
Posted: September 11, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, History | Tags: 1940s, Barthman Jewelers, Broadway theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, Photography, Times Square Leave a comment
Sidewalk Clock Outside Barthman Jewelers, Broadway and Maiden Lane, New York City 1947
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70 Years After Allied Victory, Couples Gather in Times Square to Re-Enact V-J Day Kiss
Posted: August 15, 2015 Filed under: Global, History, Japan, U.S. News, White House | Tags: Alfred Eisenstaedt, Allies of World War II, Associated Press, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Blairsville, Gainesville, Georgia, New York, Surrender of Japan, Times Square, Victory over Japan Day, World War II Leave a comment
NEW YORK — cassyfiano writes: With a countdown of “five, four, three, two, one, smooch,” couples from across the world puckered up in Times Square on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of the famous kiss celebrating the end of World War II.
“Ellie and I are deeply honored and privileged to represent the greatest generation here today.”
— Ray Williams, 91, of Blairsville, Georgia
A 25-foot sculpture depicting Alfred Eisenstaedt’s photograph of a sailor kissing a white-uniformed nurse towered over the commemoration of V-J Day, when Japan’s surrender to Allied forces was announced.
“It’s very beautiful to commemorate such an incredible event. Especially for us. We come from a country which was occupied by the Germans … and we’re still faced with all the horrifying stories of the war.”
— Roel van Dalen, visitors from Amsterdam
Ray and Ellie Williams, Navy veterans who married the day after V-J Day, kicked off the anniversary of the kiss Aug. 14, 1945. Read the rest of this entry »
[PHOTO] Shot of the Transparent Car on display in the General Motors Building
Posted: June 6, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Guns and Gadgets, Science & Technology | Tags: FAO Schwarz, Fifth Avenue, Frederick August Otto Schwarz, General Motors Building (New York), Manhattan, New York City, Times Square, Tom Hanks, Toy store, Toys "R" Us Leave a comment
Shot of the Transparent Car on display in the General Motors Building
Hello Kitty, Minnie Mouse Duke It Out in Ghastly Times Square Ass-Whooping
Posted: June 5, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Comics, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Costumed character, Daily News (New York), Hello Kitty, Minnie Mouse, New Jersey, New York City, New York City Police Department, New York Post, Spider-Man, Times Square Leave a comment
The brawl occurred after cash was handed over to Hello Kitty and she was supposed to split the earnings with Minnie but didn’t, sources said.
Hello Kitty and Minnie Mouse were slapped with cuffs after they toughed it out over tip money in Times Square, police sources said.
Jiovanna Melendez, 40, who was dressed as Hello Kitty, and Sandra Mocha, 34, aka Minnie Mouse, got into a brawl around 3:30 p.m. Thursday, according to police.
Melendez, of Passaic, NJ, suffered a cut to her upper lip and Mocha, 34, of Corona, Queens, had an abrasion to the right side of her face, police sources said. Read the rest of this entry »
Les Paul’s 100th Birthday: Anniversary Celebration to Kick Off in Times Square
Posted: June 2, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History | Tags: Antonio Vivaldi, Country rock, Dan Kirkwood, Electric guitar, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Times Square 1 Comment
June 9 is Les Paul Day
NEW YORK — A yearlong celebration marking guitarist Les Paul’s 100th birthday kicks off in Times Square next week.
Les Paul and his wife, Mary Ford, perform with their guitars. Paul, 94, the guitarist and inventor who changed the course of music with the electric guitar and multitrack recording and had a string of hits, died, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 in White Plains, N.Y., according to Gibson Guitar. (AP Photo)
It’ll begin with Neal Schon of the rock band Journey accepting a proclamation from the Les Paul Foundation declaring June 9 as Les Paul Day.
Organizers say other cities around the country also will declare Les Paul Day proclamations that day.
A 53-foot-long interactive mobile exhibition called Les Paul’s Big Sound Experience will then open to the public — for one day only before going on a national tour….(read more)
[PHOTO] NYC, Times Square, 1918
Posted: February 5, 2015 Filed under: Art & Culture, History | Tags: New York, New York City, NYC, Photography, Times Square 2 Comments
NYC Times Square: Emergency Agencies Practice Response To Nuclear Explosion
Posted: October 22, 2014 Filed under: Mediasphere, War Room | Tags: Global Panic, Joe Esposito, New York, New York City, New York City Office of Emergency Management, Rich Lamb, Seventh Avenue, Times Square, WCBS (AM) 2 Comments
Emergency Agencies are Practicing for a Disaster
The city’s Office of Emergency Management ran a training exercise Wednesday that simulated a response to a 10-kiloton nuclear device exploding at 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue in Times Square, WCBS 880’s Rich Lamb reported.
“What’s the message? Shelter in place, evacuate, seek medical aid. How would we do that? Social media, if it’s up and running.”
According to the exercise, 100,000 people were instantly killed; a wave of overpressure took down buildings for a half-mile radius and did damage for up to two miles; and a radiation cloud swept over the region.
“We know a lot of this is going to be down for a time period, so we know that a big part of it would be radios. The best thing would be portable radios.”
— OEM Commissioner Joe Esposito
The drill’s scenario also included a shutdown of subway service and interruptions to cellphone service. Read the rest of this entry »
New York: Times Square, 1909
Posted: October 4, 2014 Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History | Tags: New York, New York City, Photography, Times Square, Twitter 1 Comment
[PHOTO] This Week in History: August 14, 1945: President Truman Announced Japan’s Unconditional Surrender, Ending World War II
Posted: August 15, 2014 Filed under: History, War Room | Tags: Harry Truman, Japan, New York, New-York Historical Society, Surrender of Japan, Times Square, United States, World War II Leave a comment
Official U.S. Navy Photograph. [Troopship returns], 1945. New-York Historical Society.
August 14, 1945: President Truman announced Japan’s unconditional surrender, ending World War II. American troops began returning to New York harbor soon after the German surrender in May 1945. Two million New Yorkers flocked to Times Square upon the announcement of Japan’s surrender on August 14, 1945, signaling the war’s end. While the Allies’ victory was widely celebrated, the country faced great losses; approximately 400,000 Americans were killed in the war, including 18,000 New Yorkers. (via)
Got Wood? Man Dressed as Character from ‘Toy Story’ Arrested in Times Square on Sex Abuse Charges
Posted: January 12, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, U.S. News | Tags: Alice Gainer, Cartoon, Cookie Monster, Dave Carlin, Elmo, Sex Abuse, Spider-Man, Times Square, Times Square Alliance, Toy Story, Woody 1 Comment
‘Woody’ Joins Infamous Ranks Of ‘Elmo’, ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Cookie Monster’ & ‘Super Mario’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Another costumed character has apparently been caught misbehaving in Times Square.
Jose Vasquez, 44, was charged with multiple counts of sex abuse and forcible touching after police said they saw him groping women in Times Square while dressed as Woody from “Toy Story,” WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported Friday.
Vasquez will be back in court on Jan. 21. His bond was set at $1,500.
The Times Square Alliance is now calling for greater regulations of costumed characters.
The Future of New York?
Posted: November 8, 2013 Filed under: Economics, History, Mediasphere | Tags: Bowery, Eastern Time Zone, History, Leland Bobbe, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, media, New York, New York City, Photography, Times Square, Wall Street 1 CommentGritty 1970s pictures show New York City in decline as crime soared a hundreds of thousands fled to the suburbs
From the Daily Mail Reporter: The 1970s are considered a low point for New York City. More than 820,00 people fled the crime and an unreliable transit system over the course of the decade, moving from the city to the suburbs. The city went nearly bankrupt as Wall Street sputtered under the economic stagnation of the era.
Photographer Leland Bobbe captured the gritty, sometimes desperate nature of the men and women who populated New York in the 1970s.
