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In conjunction with the current exhibition TIMES SQUARE, 1984 The Skyscraper Museum presents a series of programs that bring together key actors in the transformation of Times Square over the past three decades. The first, Times Square Revisited: Urban Planning and Urban Design, examined the role of government, including the actions of the City Planning Commission in the rezoning of West Midtown and the Special Theater Sub-district, and the urban renewal plans overseen by the 42nd Street Development Project of New York State’s Urban Development Corporation (UDC). The 42DP conceived a plan for four mega-towers at the corners of Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 42nd St. that would be the deus ex machina that would create revenue to renovate historic theaters and fund subway improvements.
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Sense of Place: Reflections on Preservation in Times Square
Kent Barwick, Laurie Beckelman, Cora Cahan, Jack Goldstein, Lee Harris Pomeroy, Judith Saltzman![](https://skyscraper.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/pro4e-01-250x375.jpg)