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Times Square

Categories: Architecture

Countries: USA

Area of New York City, which is the centre of the Broadway theatre scene. It is two adjoining triangles rather than an actual square. Originally called Longacre Square, it was renamed in 1904. It is traditionally the focal point for new year's eve celebrations.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Times Square

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Leicester Square Station control room

Leicester Square Station control room, twinned with Times Square Station New ...

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Richard Norman Shaw

Richard Norman Shaw

Architect. Born Edinburgh. Pioneer of Old English and Queen Anne styles. His London works include: 1-2 St James Street, Grim's Dyke, the Royal Geographic Society, 17 Chelsea Embankment, Bedford Par...

Person, Architecture, Scotland

5 memorials
Antony Lloyd

Antony Lloyd

Married the daughter of the architect, William Curtis Green, who in the 1930s took Lloyd into the practice that he had founded in 1898. The style was initially heavily influenced by Edwin Lutyens a...

Person, Architecture, India

2 memorials
Philip Webb

Philip Webb

 Architect.  Born Oxford. 1856 moved to London and joined the circles around the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.  William Morris used him to design the Red House.  Also designed Prinsep's house at 1 Ho...

Person, Architecture

2 memorials
Civic Trust

Civic Trust

From the picture source website: " founded in 1957 by Duncan Sandys, a British politician, and the former son-in-law of Sir Winston Churchill. It campaigned to make better places for people to live...

Group, Architecture, Community / Clubs

3 memorials
Josiah Gunton

Josiah Gunton

Architect. specialist in non-conformist churches.

Person, Architecture

1 memorial