For the past century, Times Square has been a mecca for music and the arts and has truly become a must-see for millions of tourists every year. Tim Egan, a New York Times reporter and best-selling author who wrote a book about the Dust Bowl called "The Worst Hard Time," described that day as one of biblical horror: George Will writes in The Washington Post, “By morning, the storm was 1,800 miles wide—‘a great rectangle of dust’ weighing 350 million tons—and was depositing the surface of the Great Plains on New York City, where commerce stopped in the semi-darkness.” Suburbs of the city of New York began as commuter neighbourhoods as far back as the 1800s. Our webcams are the perfect way to see all the action and bright lights of this iconic location! Dust Bowl, section of the Great Plains of the United States where overcultivation and drought during the early 1930s resulted in the depletion of topsoil, which was carried off in windblown dust storms that forced thousands of families to leave the region at the height of the Great Depression. The worst dust storm of all hit on April 14, 1935—a day that became known as "Black Sunday." "At the Bethesda Fountain, drugs are sold routinely, and the Duck Pond at night… It was the worst drought in North America in 1,000 years. Unsustainable farming practices worsened the drought’s effect, killing the crops that kept the soil in place. "In Central Park, the once-green lawn of the Sheep Meadow is wearing away, gradually becoming a dust bowl with overuse," wrote the Times. 13 Vintage Photos of the Dust Bowl By Christopher Surprenant on January 31, 2014 Jan 31, 2014 Christopher Surprenant ... Dust from these massive weather events, also known as “black blizzards,” reached as far as New York City and Washington, D.C. The Dust Bowl was a natural disaster that devastated the Midwest in the 1930s. New York City had always been one of the most densely populated cities in the United States but in the period of 1946-1968, the city’s population began to expand outwards in a phenomenon referred to as 'suburbanization'. Dust Can't Kill Me (Closed August 23, 2014) | New York City - Buy tickets and see show information. EarthCam presents an extensive collection of live webcams, featuring the most exciting views of New York City's famous Times Square.
The opening paragraph from a New York Times story published on May 26, 1977 sums it up well. Read news, see photos and watch videos.
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