Traub, James: the Devil's Playground: a Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square.(Book Review)
History: Review of New Books, June, 2004 by Henderson, Amy
Traub, James The Devil's Playground: A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square New York: Random House 336 pp., $25.95, ISBN 0-375-50788-4 Publication Date: March 2004
Currently a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, James Traub has written extensively about New York's culture and characters for twenty-five years. The Devil's Playground is his insightful and colorful overview of what has long been touted as the city's "heart," Times Square, on the occasion of its centennial celebration.
Once known as Longacre Square, the small triangular plot was bought in 1902 by Adolph Ochs, publisher of the New York Times, and two years later was anointed "Times Square" by the New York's mayor. Ochs had a flair for ballyhoo--it was Ochs who...
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