Duffy Square
Father Francis P. DuffyStatue and Duffy Square | |
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| Location | Triangle bounded by Broadway, Seventh Ave., W. 45th and W. 47th Streets, New York, New York |
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| Coordinates | 40°45′32″N73°59′7″W/ 40.75889°N 73.98528°W |
| Built | 1937 |
| Architect | Charles Keck |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP referenceNo. | 01000243 |
| NYSRHPNo. | 06101.011582 |
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| Added to NRHP | March 12, 2001[1] |
| Designated NYSRHP | December 8, 2000 |
Duffy Square,officially namedFather Duffy Squarein 1939, is the northern triangle ofTimes SquareinManhattan,New York City. It is bounded by45thand47thStreets,BroadwayandSeventh Avenue.It is now well known for theTKTSreduced-price theater tickets booth located there.
In the 18th and 19th centuries Lowes Lane connected Bloomingdale Road toEastern Post Road.The west end of the lane was at the modern Duffy Square, and the east end at approximately the modern Third Avenue and 42nd Street. Lowes Lane and Eastern Post Road were suppressed late in the 19th century, but Bloomingdale Road survives under the name of Broadway.
Duffy Square was briefly dominated by a fifty-foot, eight-ton plaster statue entitledPurity (Defeat of Slander)byLeo Lentelliin 1909.[2]Now the square has two statues: abronze statueof ChaplainFrancis P. Duffyof New York's"Fighting 69th"Infantry Regiment, after whom the square is named, sculpted byCharles Keck,and anotherstatue depictingcomposer, playwright, producer and actorGeorge M. Cohan,by sculptorGeorg J. Lober.[3]The statue of Duffy was dedicated by MayorFiorello LaGuardiaon May 2, 1937, who also signed the law authorizing the renaming of the square to "Father Duffy Square" on March 29, 1939; on June 13 of that year, the street signs were changed.[4]The statue of Duffy and the square itself were listed on theNational Register of Historic Placesin 2001.[1]
Gallery
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Lowes Lane meets Bloomingdale Road, 1820 -
A 1904 photo of north end of Times Square before the creation of Duffy Square -
Defeat of Slander statue -
The red steps behind the statue ofFather Duffyare the roof of the TKTS booth -
Ferris wheel under construction, August 2021
References
[edit]- ^ab"National Register Information System".National Register of Historic Places.National Park Service.April 15, 2008.
- ^"Statue of Purity for Times Square".The New York Times.October 5, 1909.RetrievedNovember 19,2011.
- ^"Georg J. Lober, 69, Sculptor is Dead; Ex-Head of Art Commission Here--Did Cohan Statue".The New York Times.December 15, 1961.RetrievedOctober 7,2008.
- ^Staff (June 13, 1939)"Duffy Sq, Signs To Be Put Up Today"The New York Times
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