Seventh Avenue at Times Square

The Seventh Avenue intersects Broadway at Times Square, between 43rd Street and 47th Street. It was Long Acre Square until 1904.

In the second half of 19th century, the area north of 42d Street was the horse center of New York City. In 1881, the American Horse Exchange was built at Broadway, Seventh Avenue and 50th Street. It was destroyed by fire in 1896 and rebuilt in 1897.

Times Square about 1930, looking south on Seventh Avenue. Paramount Building, completed in 1927, is on the right and Times Building (1904), about the center. Vintage postcard by Union News Company.