Death Dance
“He pointed up at the sky. "You can fly into LaGuardia at night and read a book sitting by an airplane window without your overhead light on, just from the electricity generated in this neon canyon." One hundred years ago, when Adolph Ochs moved his daily newspaper to this midtown site known as Long Acre Square, it was renamed Times Square in honor of the great publication. This once elegant residential neighborhood had given way to what were then called silk-hat brothels, and when railway hubs ...and subway stations made the area the commercial center of Manhattan, the theater district followed here soon after.
This time there was no yellow crime-scene tape. Uniformed cops had cordoned off the hot zone with orange no-parking cones and three Con Ed trucks blocked off the entrance to the street as workmen scrambled to repair the damage.
"Works on the same principle as Old Sparky," Mike said, referring to the electric chair at Sing Sing that had not been used since 1963. "One good jolt and you're off to meet the devil.MoreLess
This time there was no yellow crime-scene tape. Uniformed cops had cordoned off the hot zone with orange no-parking cones and three Con Ed trucks blocked off the entrance to the street as workmen scrambled to repair the damage.
"Works on the same principle as Old Sparky," Mike said, referring to the electric chair at Sing Sing that had not been used since 1963. "One good jolt and you're off to meet the devil.MoreLess
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