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The New York Times: Midtown Manhattan Wouldn't Be the Same: 'Times Square, 1984,' at the Skyscraper Museum



August 13, 2014
FXFOWLE: Times Square's Postmodern Peep Show

August 21, 2014
The New York Times: Midtown Manhattan Wouldn't Be the Same: 'Times Square, 1984,' at the Skyscraper Museum

August 25, 2014
Fast Company Design: The Times Square That Could've Been

August 26, 2014
Architect Magazine: Four Questions Beyond Buildings

August 29, 2014
Architizer: 9 Spectacular Visions for Times Square That Were Never Built

September 2, 2014
Curbed: Unrealized Times Square Plans Include a Very Subtle 'Big Apple'

September 7, 2014
IN New York: Museums + Attractions: The Skyscraper Museum

September 8, 2014
Untapped Cities: NYC That Never Was: Alternate Plans for Times Square from 1984-MAS Competition

September 10, 2014
Architects Newspaper: Times Square 1984: The Postmodern Moment

September 30, 2014
Urban Omnibus: Times Square Postmodern

January 19, 2015
itsnewstoyou: Times Square Time Machine at the Skyscraper Museum





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TIMES SQUARE, 1984:
The Postmodern Moment


Introduction
Credits
Installation Walkthrough
Times Square Topics
Times Square is Named After a Skyscraper
News, Crowds, & New Years Eve
Times Tower | One Times Square
Urban Renewal & Urban Design
West 42nd Street & Theaters
Theaters & Skyscrapers
Postmodern Skyscrapers
Another Postmodernism
Times Square Center
42nd Street: The Problem

Times Sq. in the 1970s
Plans, Plans, Plans
The City at 42nd Street
Portman Hotel Site

Times Sq. in the 1980s
42nd St. Development Project
Theaters & Zoning
Urban Simulation Laboratory
Government Guidelines

TIMES SQUARE, 1984
Park Tower and Johnson / Burgee
Venturi & the Big Apple
Times Tower Site Competition
Competition Overview
The Competition Packet & The Jury
The MAS Exhibit at the Urban Center
Winning Entry Boards
Additional Entry Boards
"New Times For Times Square" Video

Times Square in the 1990s
42nd Street Now!
Skyscrapers That Were Built

Times Square 2014 Programs
Times Square Revisited
Lynne Sagalyn Book Talk
Senses of Place

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