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Theater--New York (State)--New York--Dictionaries. I. Title.\u003Cbr>PN2277.N5B43 2006\u003Cbr>792.09747’1--dc22 2006031344 |\n\nVisit the Taylor & Francis Web site at [http://www.taylorandfrancis.com](http://www.taylorandfrancis.com)  \nand the Routledge Web site at [http://www.routledge-ny.com](http://www.routledge-ny.com)  \nContents  \nIntroduction vii  \nA 1  \nB 23  \nC 41  \nD 57  \nE 63  \nF 71  \nG 81  \nH 95  \nI 125  \nJ 129  \nK 135  \nL 141  \nM 161  \nN 183  \nO 193  \nP 203  \nR 213  \nS 229  \nT 253  \nU, V 263  \nW 265  \nY 277  \nZ 281  \nIntroduction  \n“Broadway may only be a street to some people, but to some of the rest ofus it’s a religion.” So claimed Eddie Foy Sr. on stage at the Palace Theater, and thousands of people have proved his statement true.  \nTimes Square is the only spot where the hundreds of different worlds that comprise New York City meet face to face. The result has been funny, dramatic, and sometimes deadly. Times Square mixes hookers, Broadway stars, gangsters, newspapermen, schnorrers and bon vivants, rubber neckers and passersby. These worlds all coexist in ten blocks of Broadway.  \nThe history of Times Square goes back to before the founding of the United States. In 1776, the English general William Howe attacked Manhattan from the East River, near what is today 37th Street. This later became the subject of Robert E. Sherwood’s play Small War on Murray Hill and the Rodgers and Hart musical Dearest Enemy. When news of Howe’s landing reached General George Washington, he immediately brought his troops down from Harlem, where they were headquartered. From downtown came the American General Israel Putnam (who later had a Times Square building named after him) . Putnam’s guide was Aaron Burr.  \nWashington and Putnam occupied sites on what are now Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library on 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, and the area near the present-day Broadway between 43rd and 44th Streets. Years later, Washington would enjoy taking his wife, Martha, on a carriage ride through the area.  \nDuring the early 1800s, this area was the home of squatters who settled along the creek known as Great Kill. The stream was later  \nfilled in and became 42nd Street. The area was known for its goat farms and as the site of manure dumping, a big business given the importance of the horse in the nineteenth century. Dutch farmers began settling the area and erecting farms.  \nJohn Jacob Astor and William Cutting purchased a seventy-acre plot of land between Broadway and the Hudson River, bounded by 42nd Street to the south and 46th Street to ","cbCaidtadfB0nTOl","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidtadfB0nTOl","pdf",2535391,302,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction\n## A\n## B\n## C\n## D\n## E\n## F\n## G\n## H\n## I\n## J\n## K\n## L\n## M\n## N\n## O\n## P\n## R\n## S\n## T\n## U, V\n## W\n## Y\n## Z","[{\"question\":\"What does the introduction emphasize about Broadway and Times Square?\",\"answer\":\"It frames Broadway as more than a street, treating it as a cultural “religion,” and describes Times Square as a meeting place for many New York worlds. 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