Longacre Square
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Longacre Square was the original name of New York City’s Times Square, a major commercial and entertainment hub in Midtown Manhattan.
Aliases (1)
- Times Square ×1
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former place name
→
neighborhood → square → |
| associatedWith |
The New York Times
→
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| borough |
Manhattan
→
|
| boundedBy |
42nd Street
→
47th Street → |
| city |
New York City
→
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| country |
United States
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| formerNameOf |
Times Square
→
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| hasCoordinateRegion |
central Manhattan
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| hasFormerName |
Longacre Square
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| historicalFunction |
carriage-making district
→
horse-trading area → |
| knownFor |
commercial activity
→
entertainment venues → theater district surroundings → |
| locatedIn |
Manhattan
→
Midtown Manhattan → New York City → New York State → United States → |
| namedAfter |
Long Acre, London
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| partOf |
the Broadway theater district
→
|
| renamedAs |
Times Square
→
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| renamedBy |
The New York Times
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| renamedInYear |
1904
→
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| replacedBy |
Times Square as official name
→
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| timePeriodAsName |
before 1904
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| traversedBy |
Broadway
→
Seventh Avenue → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Times Square
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formerName |
|
Times Square
→
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hasFormerName |