Description
The Red Steps are a giant red staircase in Times Square, at the north end of the square in Duffy Square: 27 glowing steps of red glass that double as bleachers, built on the roof of the TKTS booth, where Broadway tickets are sold at a discount.
Anyone can climb them and sit down, and from the top there is a wide, unobstructed view of Times Square, with its giant screens, the traffic and the crowds below. At night the glass steps light up red.
The design came from an international competition in 1999, won by the Australian firm Choi Ropiha. Opened in 2008, the booth was then the largest load-bearing glass structure in the world. Underneath, TKTS has been selling theater tickets since 1973: 68.6 million in its first 50 years.
Anyone can climb them and sit down, and from the top there is a wide, unobstructed view of Times Square, with its giant screens, the traffic and the crowds below. At night the glass steps light up red.
The design came from an international competition in 1999, won by the Australian firm Choi Ropiha. Opened in 2008, the booth was then the largest load-bearing glass structure in the world. Underneath, TKTS has been selling theater tickets since 1973: 68.6 million in its first 50 years.