Day 54, Times Square...within the Borough of New York

Brenda has sent the guys to TKTS in Times Square to buy tickets for a Broadway show tonight...we are going to see the Phantom of the Opera!....One cannot come to New York and not watch a Broadway show!

Times Square is a major intersection in Manhattan, a borough of New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.

Sometimes known as the "Crossroads of the World," it has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of New York City.

Times Square is the only neighborhood with zoning ordinances requiring building owners to display illuminated signs.

The density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals that of Las Vegas.

Officially, signs in Times Square are called "spectaculars", and the largest of them are called "jumbotrons."

In 1992, the Times Square Alliance began improving the quality of commerce and cleanliness in the district and today Times Square boasts attractions such as ABC's Times Square Studios, where Good Morning America is broadcast live, an elaborate Toys "Я" Us store, and competing Hershey's and M&M's stores across the street from each other, as well as restaurants such as Ruby Foo's the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company , Planet Hollywood Restaurant and Bar and Carmin e's along with a number of multiplex movie theaters.

It has also attracted a number of large financial, publishing, and media firms to set up headquarters in the area.

A larger presence of police has improved the safety of the area.

http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/

I am sure that the guys will go to the Top of New York lounge on the top floor of the Marriott Marquis in Times Square.The floor revolves giving you a 360-degree view of the entire city in the course of an hour.
Thereafter they are off to the Bronx, to watch a ball game at Yankee stadium!