Books: Times Square Thoreau. 3 minute read. TIME. May 14, 1951 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... (“We have submitted to the despotism of contrivers, bullies, informers and crooks”) ; from Times Square ...

Times Square has been at once the pulsing heart of New York and an open sore. Over the years, the garishly lighted plaza and adjoining 42nd Street—known as the Deuce—have been the scene of ...