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March 12, 2001 [1] Designated NYSRHP. December 8, 2000. Duffy Square, officially named Father Duffy Square in 1939, is the northern triangle of Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. It is bounded by 45th and 47th Streets, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It is now well known for the TKTS reduced-price theater tickets booth located there.
Times Square is the official name of the southern triangle, below 45th Street. The northern triangle is officially known as Duffy Square and was dedicated in June 1939 to honor World War I chaplain Father Francis P. Duffy of the 69th New York Infantry Regiment. A statue by Charles Keck was dedicated in May 1937 as a memorial to Duffy.
The new TKTS Booth and the redevelopment of Father Duffy Square was completed as a partnership between Theatre Development Fund, Times Square Alliance, and Father Duffy Coalition. The project began in 1999 with an international design competition sponsored the Van Alen Institute to re-design the popular TKTS Discount Booth. [13]
Francis Duffy was born May 2, 1871, in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, the son of Patrick and Mary Ready Duffy, and attended St. Michael's College in Toronto and St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy, New York. He taught for a time at the College of St. Francis Xavier, and was awarded a master's degree. He became a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, being ...
An outdoor 1936–1937 statue of Francis P. Duffy by Charles Keck is installed at Duffy Square, part of Times Square, in the New York City borough of Manhattan. [1] The statue, which was dedicated on May 2, 1937, and has the title Father Francis P. Duffy, [2] earned Keck a Grand Lodge Medal for Distinguished Achievement from the Masonic order.
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Warwick Avenue (song) " Warwick Avenue " is a song by Welsh singer Duffy from her debut album Rockferry (2008). The title refers to Warwick Avenue tube station in London. It was written by Jimmy Hogarth, Eg White, and Duffy and produced by Hogarth. It was released in May 2008 as the third single (second in North America) from the album, but had ...
The Korean Cultural Center New York ( KCCNY; Korean : 뉴욕한국문화원) is a branch of the South Korean Korean Cultural Centers located in New York City, New York, United States. Inaugurated in December 1979, KCCNY works to establish and promote Korean culture and aesthetics in New York through diverse cultural and artistic activities ...