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I was completely underwhelmed by Times Square. For a start, it isn't really a square? It just seemed to be a street, and not an interesting street. Big billboards yes, but so what. Recently I visited Tokyo, and took a look at the Shibuya Scramble. That's more like what I expected Times Square to be.
(Not my pic.)
There's something about Times Square pictures from < 2007. <3
Even if they do make me associate it with the movie Phone Booth.
I absolutely love busy (in both people and just visually) city ground level photography like this, but definitely agree it can get a bit unpleasant trying to get those shots.
Fantastic picture though, it's come out a bit timeless to the past half century IMO, though the red signage is probably doing some of the heavy lifting there
Thank you for the kind words
What year was this? 2005?
And yeah, I don't think I've ever gone to times square on purpose in my ~20 years of living here.
The photo doesn't give me any anxiety or discomfort, though. Maybe I'm just acclimated.
The l only time I didn’t mind being in Times Square was 2am on a Sunday after a concert.
It’s still fully lit up and open, but there was only a few people milling around. You could just walk slowly and gaze and go by a pair of underwear you forgot to pack.
This was a few months ago in 2025. You can verify that by the advertised shows on display.
I think it's contextual to me. I dont mind the crowd. New York felt human-centric everywhere else. I minded the atmosphere. Vendors selling cheap souvenirs, every brand imaginable on a billboard or in a store, celebrities peddling stuff, some religious band leading awful music, Spiderman, Elsa, a guy offering me a selection of illicit drugs because I "looked sad". Blehh
We visited a few years ago, had some time before our show started, so we just walked around Times Square. I just wanted to take in the atmosphere for a few minutes. One of the most famous places on earth, thousands of people, all kinds of things going on.
I probably wouldn't go there regularly even if I lived in the city, but occasionally it'd be fun. And my wife would want to go to a lot of Broadway shows.
There's nothing like it in DC, for example. But then people in DC rarely visit the Smithsonian.
Oh weird. I saw the ad for "good night and good luck", which is a 2005 movie, and assumed from that.
And yeah, times square isn't really a fun time. I'm rarely up there.
It's a Broadway play now.
