Times Square Set for Colorful Makeover Before Summer's Tourist Rush

Artist Molly Dilworth wins a competition to paint over the recently pedestrianized square; the soothing blues that will supposedly cool the streets down.

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Bomb scares notwithstanding, it's hard to believe that only a year has passed since New York's Times Square transformed from a honking, expletive-laden urban jungle to a relatively calm pedestrian oasis--all thanks to the Green Light for Midtown project, which shut off Times Square to cars. And that expanse is set for a colorful makeover...