Why Times Square Is Special: How a Compact Manhattan District Became a Global Urban Symbol

Times Square occupies remarkably little ground. Yet few urban places on Earth carry so much recognition, movement, spectacle, history, and symbolic weight.Why Times Square Is Special asks a deceptively simple question: how did a compact section of Manhattan become one of the world's most recognizable urban places?The answer cannot be found in a single feature.It is not simply the giant screens. It...