Times Tower Size:8" x 10" Owens won four gold medals

Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics

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Times Tower Size:8" x 10" Owens won four gold medalsStanding majestically in the center of this photograph is Times Tower, home of The New York Times at the turn of the last century and one of the tallest buildings in the world back then. This view of Times Square is looking south from 42nd Street, with Times Tower between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. The Times and Times Square have been intertwined for more than a century. The newspaper moved in 1904 from the City Hall area downtown to land on 42nd