Duffy Square, named Father Duffy Square in 1939, is the northern triangle of

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, New York City. It is bounded by 45th and 47th Streets, Broadway and Seventh Avenue. It is now well known for the

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reduced-price theater tickets booth located there. In the 18th and 19th centuries Lowes Lane connected Bloomingdale Road to Eastern Post Road. The west end of the lane was at the modern Duffy Square, and the east end at approximately the modern Third Avenue and 42nd Street. Lowes Lane and Eastern Post Road were suppressed late in the 19th century, but Bloomingdale Road survives under the name of Broadway. Duffy Square was briefly dominated by a fifty-foot, eight-ton plaster statue entitled ''Purity (Defeat of Slander)'' by Leo Lentelli in 1909. Now the square has two statues: a

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of Chaplain

Francis P. Duffy Francis Patrick Duffy (May 2, 1871 – June 27, 1932) was a Canadian American soldier, Catholic priest and military chaplain. Duffy served as chaplain for the 69th Infantry Regiment (known as the "Fighting 69th"), a unit of the New York Army Na ...

of New York's "Fighting 69th" Infantry Regiment, after whom the square is named, sculpted by Charles Keck, and another statue depicting composer, playwright, producer and actor George M. Cohan, by sculptor Georg J. Lober. The statue of Duffy was dedicated by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia on May 2, 1937, who also signed the law authorizing the renaming of the square to "Father Duffy Square" on March 29, 1939; on June 13 of that year, the street signs were changed.Staff (June 13, 1939
"Duffy Sq, Signs To Be Put Up Today"
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'' The statue of Duffy and the square itself were listed on the

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in 2001.

Gallery

Image:TimesSquare1820 Map2 crop.JPG, Lowes Lane meets Bloomingdale Road, 1820 Image:Duffy Square 1904.jpg, A 1904 photo of north end of Times Square before the creation of Duffy Square Image:Monuments & memorials - statue of Virtue. N.Y. LCCN97517194.jpg, Defeat of Slander statue Image:Father Duffy statue and TKTS booth risers.jpg, The red steps behind the statue of Father Duffy are the roof of the TKTS booth Image:Ferris wheel Bway 2021-08-24 jeh.jpg, Ferris wheel under construction, August 2021

References

External links

The Fighting 69th Regiment Homepage

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