This article presents the history of and the present state of Time Square/42nd Street. Saturated with media-soaked visualizations and big name companies, the Square creates a cultureless tourist image that deviates from the original setting. This offset course that the new situation evokes represents the intermingling of businesses such as Disney and Warner.
The image of Times Square is instantly recognizable as a pop culture mecca that finds its placelessness in the tourist phenomena. The Square is overrun by the big names and it has lost its inceptive identity as a culturally unique mix of theatre, music and burlesque.
How do you fix a problem perpetuated by our media culture? What is the direction, do you tear down all the boards and images?
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