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Cross-Roads of the World
Times Square became known as the "Cross-Roads of the World" by about 1923-1924. The nickname had been used before for European cities (London, Paris, Rome) or the Near East.
It was soon thereafter that wags called Broadway the "double-cross-roads of the world." Some people look for the worm in every apple.
19 January 1924, New York Times, pg. 15 ad:
Cross-Roads of the World
The Times Square district of New York City has been called the "cross-roads of the world." More than 52,000 automobiles pass through Times Square every twenty-four hours on business or pleasure.
25 February 1924, New York Times, pg. 14:
"The cross-roads of the world" looked more like Gopher Prairie's Main Street to-day.
19 March 1926, New York Herald Tribune, pg. 8 ad:
The Paramount Building
at the
Cross-Roads of the World
Times Square
43rd to 44th Streets
It was soon thereafter that wags called Broadway the "double-cross-roads of the world." Some people look for the worm in every apple.
19 January 1924, New York Times, pg. 15 ad:
Cross-Roads of the World
The Times Square district of New York City has been called the "cross-roads of the world." More than 52,000 automobiles pass through Times Square every twenty-four hours on business or pleasure.
25 February 1924, New York Times, pg. 14:
"The cross-roads of the world" looked more like Gopher Prairie's Main Street to-day.
19 March 1926, New York Herald Tribune, pg. 8 ad:
The Paramount Building
at the
Cross-Roads of the World
Times Square
43rd to 44th Streets