When was the moving electric sign installed around the New York Times building?
One Times Square is the name of the building in Times Square upon which the famous New Year’s Times Square Ball drop is performed annually. It was originally built by the New York Times in 1904 as a headquarters for their operations. In 1928, the famous electric news ticker display near the base of the building was first used to announce the results of the US presidential election of 1928. Spanning the base of the entire building, the sign was originally comprised of 14,800 lamps.
