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Bookmark or Share- Broadway (Manhattan) - Wikipedia"The Great White Way" is a nickname for a section of Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, specifically the portion that encompasses the Theater District, between 42nd and 53rd Streets, and encompassing Times Square.
- A walk through history on the "Great White Way" - WAMCBroadway, The Great White Way, was so nicknamed for the numerous white streetlights and the illumination of theaters, installed at the beginning of the turn of the 20 th century to discourage...
- How Broadway got the nickname ‘The Great White Way’ in 1880The lighting also gave Broadway its nickname, the Great White Way. Former New York Governor Francis Lovelace created the first postal system between Boston and New York. It operated on the Boston...
- Broadway History - Spotlight on BroadwayAs early as 1910, Broadway signage dazzled visitors and the street soon became known throughout the world as the Great White Way. In 1927, the journalist Will Irwin vividly captured the district’s look and energy: “Mildly insane by day, the square goes divinely mad by night.
- Broadway History: The Great White WayOn February 3, 1902, the headline "Found on the Great White Way" appeared in the NY Evening Telegram. The nickname “The Great White Way” was inspired by all the electric white lights on the theatre marquees and billboard signs that illuminated the area.
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