Times Square...larger than life

Jack'll do

For many years, until recently, the Times Square area of Manhattan was the Porn Capital of Manhattan. It has since been cleaned up with new hotels and theaters and upscale shops moving in. The change is dramatic. A visitor is overwhelmed by the sounds, colors, and hustle and bustle. Here are some images I captured during the Christmas holidays. Hope you like them.

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Shootin1st

Great series! They all have so much to draw you in.

Especially like the self portrait. One of the funkiest I've seen

Jack'll do

Shootin1st wrote:

Great series! They all have so much to draw you in.

Especially like the self portrait. One of the funkiest I've seen

Thanks for looking and commenting. I hope that last part is tongue-in-cheek

Shootin1st

Jack'll do wrote:

I hope that last part is tongue-in-cheek

Yep. Those street creatures add a lot to the experience of going to the big city.

black mamba

Hi Jack,

Man, that's a really terrific set of pictures. It depicts a world and environment so vividly that it scares me from ever going near the place. Very, very nice work here.

Tom

eL eSs Vee

Wow! Talk about advertisement overload!

A great series, Jack!

Swartzy

Wow...I haven't been to Times Square since the 70's if that tells you anything. That place has changed! In fact, I don't recognize one thing there. Everyone tells me that New York is a really cool place these days. I used to travel there every other week for about 2 years...I HATED the east coast....especially New York. Thanks for sharing. Nice shots.

Arvan

Lovely series! You never see such billboards etc in sweden..NEVER not even under x-mas. Then again, there are more people living 2 times square then in entire Sweden xD!

Very nice for me to see! Love to go there some time ( and i will ) but first stop is london.

Jack'll do

black mamba wrote:

Hi Jack,

Man, that's a really terrific set of pictures. It depicts a world and environment so vividly that it scares me from ever going near the place. Very, very nice work here.

Tom

We're of the same mind Tom. I much prefer the rural lifestyle. But alas the wife comes from Brooklyn and loves Manhattan so I suck it up and make the pilgrimage a couple times a year.

Awais Yaqub

These are amazing ! great place

travelways

Very nice street photos!!!

My favorites are #3 and #4

KED

Swartzy wrote:

Wow...I haven't been to Times Square since the 70's if that tells you anything. That place has changed! In fact, I don't recognize one thing there. Everyone tells me that New York is a really cool place these days. I used to travel there every other week for about 2 years...I HATED the east coast....especially New York. Thanks for sharing. Nice shots.

Please come visit. We need the tourist revenue, and you won't be disappointed. In January and February, you can even get a hotel room for less than a thousand bucks a night!

KED

Jack'll do wrote:

For many years, until recently, the Times Square area of Manhattan was the Porn Capital of Manhattan. It has since been cleaned up with new hotels and theaters and upscale shops moving in. The change is dramatic. A visitor is overwhelmed by the sounds, colors, and hustle and bustle. Here are some images I captured during the Christmas holidays. Hope you like them.

I work most of the time in the NYC suburbs, but have an office in NYC that exactly overlooks EVERYTHING you've posted here. Great captures, although perhaps you can imagine that looking at it 10 hours a day gets old pretty fast, especially with the ubiquitous Peruvian pan-flute soundtrack!

Jack'll do

eL eSs Vee wrote:

Wow! Talk about advertisement overload!

A great series, Jack!

Thanks for the kind words Lee. It certainly is a bit overpowering.

Jack'll do

Swartzy wrote:

Wow...I haven't been to Times Square since the 70's if that tells you anything. That place has changed! In fact, I don't recognize one thing there. Everyone tells me that New York is a really cool place these days. I used to travel there every other week for about 2 years...I HATED the east coast....especially New York. Thanks for sharing. Nice shots.

You won't believe it but Times Square and 42nd street are probably one of the safest areas of Manhattan to walk in at night. A far cry from 30 years ago!

Jack'll do

Arvan wrote:

Lovely series! You never see such billboards etc in sweden..NEVER not even under x-mas. Then again, there are more people living 2 times square then in entire Sweden xD!

Very nice for me to see! Love to go there some time ( and i will ) but first stop is london.

Thanks Arvan. Times square definitely gives new meaning to the word "glitter".

Jack'll do

Awais Yaqub wrote:

These are amazing ! great place

Thanks Awais. It certainly is a "one of a kind" experience I'm sure.

Jack'll do

photo-bug wrote:

Very nice street photos!!!

My favorites are #3 and #4

Thanks Tatiana. These were taken the day after Christmas. You could not believe the throngs of people milling about.

Jack'll do

KED wrote:

I work most of the time in the NYC suburbs, but have an office in NYC that exactly overlooks EVERYTHING you've posted here. Great captures, although perhaps you can imagine that looking at it 10 hours a day gets old pretty fast, especially with the ubiquitous Peruvian pan-flute soundtrack!

Hi KED
I lived on Long Island for 30 years (fortunately only had a 3 mile commute to work). I never could understand how my neighbors could make that daily commute into "the city" and deal with the throngs of people, traffic etc.

dlplumer

My old stomping grounds. Love that first one Jack but they are all good.

Dan

kdog

Super shots, Jack! Great colors and perspectives. Now I wanna go back to NY.

Cheers,
-joel