Times Square in 20th Century - 1952

Times Square, looking north from the Times Building, showing signs, billboards, pedestrians, automobiles advertisements, theaters, shops and offices. Signs of Admiral television appliances, Pepsi-Cola, Canadian Club imported whisky, Hotel Claridge (right, erected in 1910), Criterion the Big Sky, Roof Astor, Howard and Chevrolet. Photograph taken in August 1952 by Angelo Rizzuto (1906-1967). Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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The Hotel Astor, on the left, between West 44th Street and W 45th Street, was built in 1904 and demolished in 1967 to make way for the Minskoff Building.

Times Square in 20th Century - 1952

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