VJ Day - Crowd celebrates in Times Square, NYC

TIMES SQUARE CELEBRATES It 's not a square at all. Just a ten-block bowtie where an old Indian trail – Broadway – meets Seventh Avenue. Long Acre Square, as it was known in the 1800s was a busy commercial center, a fancy neighborhood, a secretive address for brothels and the home of horse stables. The New York Times built its headquarters there and convinced the city to change the area's name to Times Square on April 8, 1904. That October, the Times Square subway station opened, and then on December 31, 1904, the official opening of the Times Building was accompanied by a New Year's Eve celebration.