File LongacreSquare, New York City, 1880.jpg right thumb 275px The site of 1 Times Square One Times Square , north side of 42nd Street Manhattan 42nd Street , Broadway to 7th Avenue, 1880 LongacreSquare in New York City , the predecessor of Times Square Times Square, Manhattan , formed a nexus of important roads to the north of the island at the intersection of 42nd Street Manhattan 42nd Street , Broadway New York City Bloomingdale Road and Seventh Avenue Manhattan Seventh Avenue , today in Midtown Manhattan . On the island of Manhattan as it was when it was discovered by the Dutch, the Great Kill Dutch Grote Kill , which formed from three small streams that united near 10th Avenue and 40th street, wound through the low lying Reed Valley renowned for fish and waterfowl ref Gerard T. Koeppel, Water for Gotham A History , 2001 10. ref to empty into the Hudson River at a deep bay on the river at the present 42nd Street. ref Edric W. Sanderson, Mannahatta A Natural History of New York City ... Square Children s Press 2000 ISBN 0 516 26530 X Valentine s Manual of Old New York , H. Brown, Valentine 1922 any connection with LongacreSquare? L. Thornton, Messing with kids lives , 1921 Production ... in Manhattan Category Times Square es LongacreSquare ... to the south and east became known as Longacre ref Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace, Gotham ... northward from the Tenderloin, Manhattan Tenderloin District , Long Acre Square became ... theater on the square, the Olympia Theatre New York Olympia , was built by cigar manufacturer and impresario ... patrons. ref Burrows and Wallace 1999 1149. ref It was renamed Times Square on April 8, 1904 ... of the New York Times . The north end later became Duffy Square . References Reflist W. Taylor, Inventing Times Square , Johns Hopkins U. Press 1996 ISBN 0 8018 5337 0 http www.nyc architecture.com MID MID TimesSquare3.htm NYC Architecture.com J. Friedman, Tales of Times Square 1993 Feral House ISBN ... more details
Tocright Longacre , long acre or longacres may refer to General Long acre road verge , a traditional name for wide grassy road verges used as livestock pasture Places Long Acre street , a street in London LongacreSquare , former name for Times Square and Duffy Square in Manhattan People James Barton Longacre 1794 1869 , American engraver Theatres Longacre Theatre , a Broadway theatre Queen s Theatre, Long Acre , a former London theatre Horse racing Longacres racetrack , a former horse racing track in Washington, USA Longacres Mile Handicap , a horse race held now annually at Emerald Downs racetrack in Auburn, Washington, USA Companies Longacre Press , a publisher See also Acre Acre disambiguation disambig ... more details
Infobox Theatre name Longacre Theatre image Longacre theatre.jpg caption Boeing Boeing play Boeing Boeing , 2008 address 220 West 48th Street city New York City country USA designation Broadway theatre latitude longitude architect owner The Shubert Organization capacity 1096 type opened 1912 yearsactive 1912 present rebuilt closed othernames production Magic Bird currentuse website The Longacre Theatre is a Broadway theatre Broadway theatre located at 220 West 48th Street in midtown Manhattan . Theatre History Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts in 1912, it was named for LongacreSquare, the original name for Times Square . The Neoclassical architecture French neo classical building was constructed by impresario Harry Frazee , better remembered as the owner of the Boston Red Sox who, needing money for his theatrical ventures, sold Babe Ruth s contract to the New York Yankees . A Curse of the Bambino curse allegedly lingers on the theater as a result, and superstitious producers avoid it for fear they ll be backing a flop, as noted by William Goldman in his seminal book The Season A Candid Look at Broadway . Despite the rumor, a large number of performers who have appeared on stage here have taken home a Tony Award for their efforts. The Longacre s first show was a production of the William Hurlbut Frances Whitehouse comedy Are You a Crook? , which opened on May 1, 1913. With the exception of its use as a radio and television studio in the mid 1940s to early 1950s, the theatre ... home a Tony. 2006 English comedian Harry Hill performed at the Longacre Theatre during his nationwide ... Broadway revival of La Cage aux Folles in 2010 achieved the box office record for the Longacre ..., 2010. ref BWW News Desk http broadwayworld.com article LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Breaks Longacre Theatre ... theatre info seating 2173.html Seating chart ibdb venue id 1240 venue Longacre Theatre Broadway theatres Category Theatres in New York City Longacre Theatre Category Shubert Organization ... more details
no footnotes date August 2011 Longacre Press is an award winning publisher based in Dunedin , New Zealand . It specializes in a wide range of non fiction art, self help, outdoors, food and natural history and also junior and young adult fiction. Awards Longacre Press won nine Montana New Zealand Book Awards from 1998 including three for Lynley Hood s A City Possessed . Longacre Press has also won numerous New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. External links http www.longacre.co.nz Sources The New Zealand Writer s Handbook Writers & Artists Yearbook http bpanz.org.nz links.html http www.longacre.co.nz Category Book publishing companies of New Zealand Category Dunedin culture NewZealand company stub ... more details
Infobox officeholder name James Barton Longacre image James Barton Longacre Ambrotype by Isaac Rehn, 1855.jpg ... title James Barton Longacre author date work publisher uspatterns.com accessdate 11 August ... Image Daniel boone.jpg thumb Longacre s 1835 line and stipple engraving of Daniel Boone , based on a painting .... James Barton Longacre August 11, 1794 &ndash January 1, 1869 was an American engraver, who was the fourth .... Longacre is probably best known for designing the Indian Head cent Indian Head Cent , but was also ... 20 or double eagle . From 1833 1839, Longacre and James Herring published The National Portrait ... life and career Born on a farm in Delaware County, Pennsylvania , Longacre left home at the age of 12 ... owner, John E. Watson, soon recognized his skills as a portraitist. He arranged for Longacre to serve an apprenticeship with engraver George Murray, so that the young Longacre could hone his artistic skills. ref Peters, p. 2 ref In 1819, Longacre established his own firm, specializing in the engraving ... was Longacre s illustrations for John Sanderson s nine volume Biographies of the Signers of the Declaration .... Through the influence of Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, Longacre secured the appointment. Mint director Robert M. Patterson and chief coiner Franklin Peale disliked Longacre s work. ref name dislike The officers of the Mint were Patterson s friends and relatives, who excluded Longacre socially. ref Taxay, pp. 205 206 ref When Peale objected to Longacre s design for the 1849 double eagle , he and Patterson alleged that while Longacre was an excellent portrait engraver, he was incompetent ... historian Walter Breen exonerated him. In 1850, Patterson tried to offer Longacre s position to Charles Cushing Wright , but was unable to secure Longacre s dismissal. In 1854, Patterson s successor .... These changes of personnel relieved much of the pressure on Longacre. ref name dislike Bowers, p. 57 ref During his quarter century as chief engraver, Longacre designed a large number of new United ... more details
The Square may refer to The Square, Bournemouth , a public square The Square, Tallaght , a shopping centre in Dublin The Square, Harlow , a small music venue in England. Harvard Square , Cambridge, Massachusetts, locally known as The Square The Square 1994 film The Square 1994 film , a Chinese documentary The Square , a 2007 Belorussian documentary, released on DVD as Kalinovski Square film Kalinovski Square The Square 2008 film The Square 2008 film , an Australian film The Squares , an English band that formed in 1985 T Square band , formerly known as The Square See also Town square Disambig es plaza ... more details
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other uses T square disambiguation File T Square.jpg thumb T square File T square.jpg thumb An old T square. A T square is a technical plan drawing drawing Measuring instrument instrument used by technical drawing draftsmen primarily as a guide for drawing horizontal lines on a drafting table . It may also guide a set square to draw vertical or diagonal lines. Its name comes from the general shape of the instrument where the horizontal member of the T slides on the side of the drafting table. T squares come in varying sizes, common lengths being 18 inch , 24 , 30 , 36 and 42 . Citation needed date September 2010 T squares are also used to measure and cut drywall . Drywall T squares are typically made of aluminium and have a 48 inch 1,220 mm long tongue . Higher end table saw s are often equipped with T square fence woodworking fence s. These table saw fences are attached to a rail only on the front side of the table unlike traditional fences which clamp to both the front and the rear of the table. The top of the T square hangs off of the drafting table and is called the head the blade is the part that stays on the drafting table. The T square usually has a transparency and translucency transparent edge made of plastic which should be free of nicks and cracks in order to provide smooth, straight lines. See also Technical drawing tools DEFAULTSORT T Square Category Technical drawing ja T pl Przyk adnica pt R gua T ru th zh yue T zh ... more details
Refimprove date April 2009 Infobox company name A Square logo type Privately held company Private genre fate predecessor successor foundation founder defunct location city Chamberlain, South Dakota location country United States U.S. location locations area served Worldwide key people industry firearms products Firearm s, Ammunition , Projectile s services market cap revenue operating income net income aum assets equity owner num employees parent divisions subsid homepage http a squareco.com a squareco.com footnotes intl yes A SQUARE COMPANY, LLC is a manufacturer of rifle s, ammunition and bullet s based in Chamberlain, South Dakota in the United States . The company is one of 19 that are members of the SAAMI Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturer s Institution . ref http a squareco.com SAAMI.html SAAMI Membership, company website, accessed 28th April 2009 ref ref http www.saami.org membership Member Companies.cfm SAAMI Member Companies Website, accessed 28th April 2009 ref The company s focus is on its firearms for hunting large dangerous game. This is reflected in the selection of larger caliber chamberings in the company s rifles. A Square manufactured rifles usually come with stainless steel barrels as a standard feature. Citation needed date April 2009 The barrels on the rifles use epoxy resin to bed the barrel to the stocks. Citation needed date April 2009 Magazine boxes are manufactured from plate steel for rigidity and are also welded to the receiver. Citation needed date April 2009 A Square rifles are also engineered to allow the firing pin to retract further into the bolt ... on the cartridge within the chamber. Available calibres for A Square firearms range from those designed ... calibre rifles .243 Win . A Square also holds the patent for the Monolithic Solid Bullet. ref US patent 4811666 ref References reflist External links http a squareco.com A Square Company Homepage http www.accuratereloading.com 577tyr.html Big Game Hunting with the A Square Hannibal model, in .577 ... more details
Infobox Film name Be There or Be Square image image size caption director Feng Xiaogang producer Yang Hongguang writer Gu Xiaoyang br Feng Xiaogang starring Ge You br Xu Fan music San Bao cinematography Zhao Fei editing Zhou Ying distributor released 1998 country Film China runtime 103 min language Mandarin Chinese Mandarin , English language English budget preceded by followed by jianti fanti pinyin B ji n b s n Be There or Be Square zh s t p B ji n b s n is a 1998 Chinese cinema Chinese romantic comedy film directed by Feng Xiaogang , produced by Forbidden City Film , Beijing Film Studio , Zhongji Modern Commercial and Sleiman Tyrol Films . It is a Feng Xiaogang hesui pian New Year celebratory film , screened during the 1999 Chinese New Year to boost box office takings. Ge You and Xu Fan star as Beijing natives working in Los Angeles , whose paths constantly cross in a foreign city. They attempt to balance work with friendship love in spite of mounting disasters each time they meet. Plot Freelancer Liu Yuan Ge You is a carefree Beijing native eking out a living in Los Angeles , working as an occasional film extra and part time insurance agent . While helping a Beijing film crew scout for a suburb mansion, he encounters Li Qing Xu Fan , a former acquaintance house sitting for her friends. Liu convinces Li Qing she lack the requisite skills to survive in an United States of America American city, and buys her an Airline ticket air ticket to fly back to Beijing. The two part at the airport, expecting never to meet again. The couple meet a year later again in L.A. Li did not leave L.A. instead, she now rents a cheap apartment , working as a cleaner. Still his former carefree self living in a travel trailer , Liu has turned to selling cemetery spaces. Their relationship ... title Be There or Be Square Amg movie 180068 Be There or Be Square http www.dianying.com en title bjb1998 Be There or Be Square at the Chinese Movie Database Feng Xiaogang CinemaofChina Category ... more details
Pramis date October 2011 accessdate 2012 01 21 ref Formerly named LongacreSquare , Times Square was renamed ... 69th in World War I , Potomac Books, 2006 ref History File LongacreSquare, New York City, 1880.jpg ... moved the newspaper s operations to a new skyscraper on 42nd Street at LongacreSquare . Ochs persuaded ...About not used the subway station Times Square 42nd Street New York City Subway other uses Coord 40.75773 ... of the World big header align center width 325 image1 New york times square terabass.jpg image2 Times Square 1 2.JPG Times Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan , New ... 47th Street s. Times Square, iconified as The Crossroads of the World ref cite web url http ... Square the official website of Times Square publisher Times Square District Management Association ... Square New York, NY Times Square publisher 2011 NYCTourist.com accessdate 2012 01 21 ref ref cite ... Square Crossroads of the World New York City Info author Aditya Rangroo publisher C 1980 2010 TimesSquare.com ... Way , ref McBeth, VR. http timessquare.com NYC Times Square History The Great White Way The Great ... is a phrase known worldwide to describe Broadway s profusion of theatres in Times Square. ref ref Tell, Darcy. http books.google.com books?id NwaLWFSG3rcC&pg PA41&dq 22Times Square 22 22Great White Way ... 20White 20Way 22&f false Times Square spectacular lighting up Broadway New York HarperCollins, 2007 ...&dq 22Times Square 22 22Great White Way 22&hl en&sa X&ei yHUaT4SVM6qZ0QHKpYS1Cw&ved 0CFwQ6AEwBw v onepage&q ... 42nd Street were at the very heart of the Great White Way. The glow of Times Square symbolized ... Square title Times Square publisher Encyclop dia Britannica accessdate 2012 01 21 ref one of the world ... MID MID TimesSquare3.htm title New York Architecture Images Midtown Times Square publisher ... survey, Times Square is the world s most visited tourist attraction, bringing in over 39 million visitors ... attractions 2 title World s Most Visited Tourist Attractions No. 1 Times Square, New York City publisher ... more details
Bank Square may refer to several places Poland Bank Square, Warsaw United Kingdom Bank Square Aberystwyth Bank Square , Aberystwyth Bank Square Dulverton Bank Square , Dulverton, Somerset Bank Square St Just Bank Square , St Just in Penwith Bank Square Wilmslow Bank Square , Wilmslow disambig ... more details
Exchange Square can refer to Exchange Square Johannesburg , South Africa Exchange Square Hong Kong Exchange Square Manchester , England Exchange Square London , England geodis ... more details
Anzac Square may refer to ANZAC Square, Brisbane &mdash ANZAC Square in Brisbane, Australia Anzac Square, Dunedin &mdash Anzac Square in Dunedin, New Zealand disambig ... more details
Washington Square may refer to Places Washington Square Boston , Massachusetts Washington Square MBTA station , Brookline, Massachusetts Washington Square Park Chicago , Illinois Washington Square Charleston , South Carolina Washington Square Park , Greenwich Village, New York City Washington Square Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Washington Square West, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Washington Square Newport, Rhode Island Washington Square Salt Lake City , Utah Washington Square San Francisco , California Washington Square, Syracuse , New York Washington Square Bangkok , Thailand Buildings Washington Square Detroit , Michigan Washington Square Village , New York City Washington Square Bellevue, Washington Shopping centres Washington Square Oregon , Tigard, Oregon Washington Square Mall Evansville, Indiana Washington Square Mall Indianapolis, Indiana Arts Washington Square novel Washington Square novel , by Henry James Washington Square film Washington Square 1997 film , adaptation by Carol Doyle Washington Square composition Washington Square The Village Stompers song Washington Square Counting Crows song Washington Square Counting Crows song Washington Squares , American music group of the 1980s Other Washington Square News , New York University newspaper See also Washington Square Historic District disambiguation disambig Category Lists of squares and plazas sharing the same title de Washington Square fr Washington Square nl Washington Square ... more details
Lincoln Square may mean Lincoln Square, Chicago Lincoln Square, New York Lincoln Square Bellevue , Washington Lincoln Square, near Albert Square, Manchester , England Lincoln Square Melbourne , Australia disambig Category Lists of squares and plazas sharing the same title de Lincoln Square ... more details
Jackson Square may refer to United States Jackson Square, New Orleans Jackson Square, San Francisco Jackson Square, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Jackson Square MBTA station Jackson Square Jackson, Mississippi Jackson Square Park , New York City Canada Lloyd D. Jackson Square , Hamilton, Ontario in music Jackson Square album Jackson Square album , an album by Canadian band Arkells Category Lists of squares and plazas sharing the same title Disambig fr Jackson Square ... more details
Pioneer Square may refer to Pioneer Courthouse Square , a town square in Portland, Oregon, United States Pioneer Square, Seattle , a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States disambig ... more details
The Maria Square is the name or a former name of several squares Mariatorget , a square in S dermalm, central Stockholm Pre eren Square , known as the Maria Square before 1905, in Ljubljana, Slovenia disambig ... more details
Queen Square or Queen s Square may refer to Places Queen Square Bath in Bath, Somerset Queen Square, Bristol Queen Square Dartmouth in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Queen Square, London Queen Square, Liverpool Queen Square bus station Queen Square Bus Station Queen s Square, Sydney Republic Square, Valletta formerly Queen s Square Objects Queen Square reflex hammer a medical instrument See also King s Square disambiguation King s Square Royal Square disambig Category Lists of squares and plazas sharing the same title ... more details
Green Square may refer to Green Square, New South Wales , in Sydney, Australia Martyrs Square, Tripoli , in Libya, formally known as Green Square Disambig sv Gr na torget ... more details
Powis Square can mean Powis Square, London , a garden square and locality in London, England Powis Square album , an album by Chris Field named after that locality disambig ... more details
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