Taimskvērs

Koordinātas: 40°45′28″N 73°59′09″W / 40.75773°N 73.985708°W / 40.75773; -73.985708

Taimskvērs (angļu: Times Square) ir krustojums Manhatanā, Ņujorkā, ASV, pie Brodvejas un 7. avēnijas krustojuma, tas stiepjas no Rietumu 42. ielas līdz Rietumu 47. ielai. Paplašinātā Taimskvēra zona, ko sauc arī par teātra apgabalu, sastāv no blokiem starp 6. un 8. avēniju no austrumiem un rietumiem un starp 40. un 53. ielu no dienvidiem un ziemeļiem. Agrāk Taimskvērs bija pazīstams kā Longacre Square. Savu pašreizējo nosaukumu tas ieguva 1904. gada aprīlī. Taimskvērs ir pazīstams arī kā "pasaules krustceles" (The Crossroads of the World) un The Great White Way,^[1]^[2]^[3] tas ir kļuvis par Ņujorkas un visas ASV simbolu. Saskaņā ar ceļojumu žurnāla Travel + Leisure datiem, Taimskvērs ir pasaulē populārākais tūrisma objekts, katru gadu to apmeklē aptuveni 39 200 000 cilvēku.^[4]^[5]

"Pasaules krustceles"

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↑ McBeth, VR. "The Great White Way" Arhivēts 2011. gada 4. maijā, Wayback Machine vietnē. on TimesSquare.com. Quote: "Coined in 1901 by O.J. Gude, the designer of many prominent advertising displays, to describe the new light show that beckoned along Broadway,The Great White Way is a phrase known worldwide to describe Broadway's profusion of theatres in Times Square."
↑ Tell, Darcy. Times Square spectacular: lighting up Broadway New York: HarperCollins, 2007
↑ Allen, Irving Lewis The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Quote: "By 1910, the blocks of Broadway just above 42nd Street were at the very heart of the Great White Way. The glow of Times Square symbolized the center of New York, if not of the world."
↑ Lyndsey Matthews. «World's Most-Visited Tourist Attractions». Travel + Leisure, October 2011. Skatīts: 2012-01-03.
↑ «No. 1: Times Square, New York City». Travel + Leisure. October 2011. Skatīts: 2012-01-03.

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[auto1-1] McBeth, VR. "The Great White Way" Arhivēts 2011. gada 4. maijā, Wayback Machine vietnē. on TimesSquare.com. Quote: "Coined in 1901 by O.J. Gude, the designer of many prominent advertising displays, to describe the new light show that beckoned along Broadway,The Great White Way is a phrase known worldwide to describe Broadway's profusion of theatres in Times Square."

[auto2-2] Tell, Darcy. Times Square spectacular: lighting up Broadway New York: HarperCollins, 2007

[auto3-3] Allen, Irving Lewis The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. Quote: "By 1910, the blocks of Broadway just above 42nd Street were at the very heart of the Great White Way. The glow of Times Square symbolized the center of New York, if not of the world."

[4] Lyndsey Matthews. «World's Most-Visited Tourist Attractions». Travel + Leisure, October 2011. Skatīts: 2012-01-03.

[5] «No. 1: Times Square, New York City». Travel + Leisure. October 2011. Skatīts: 2012-01-03.

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