Times Square Remade // Primary Source

Recorded June 11, 2024 Times Square has commanded an influence on public imagination and city industry far beyond its five city blocks. In her book Times Square Remade, Lynne Sagalyn chronicles the earliest halcyon days of 42nd Street and Times Square as the nexus of speculation and competitive theater building, its darkest days as vice central, and the years of aggressive government intervention against pornography and crime. In conversation with Meredith Mann, Sagalyn considers this iconic public space and the many contested attempts to change and preserve it. *** For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: https://www.nyhistory.org/ *** Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1 Check out our full video catalog: https://www.youtube.com/c/nyhistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nyhistory/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nyhistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYHistory #newyorkhistoricalsociety #history