How was New York's Times Square, the commercial center of Manhattan, originally established?

As the commercial center of Manhattan, New York Times Square, how was originally established? This has gone through several times of change, and finally formed the current scale, the following content please refer to:

One, the rise of the entertainment business, and gradually bring the prototype of New York Times Square

The United States in 1880 before, in fact, the overall level of the economy, has not yet fully developed, but with the 1880, the United States economy is gradually taking off, and New York is gradually forming a prosperous trade area. Just in 1883 when the New York Metropolitan Opera began to migrate, they will be the new stage conversion to Broadway and 40th Street, such a change all of a sudden, on the overall drive of the theater and the restaurant's booming, at this time there is no New York Times Square, but has begun to appear a number of prototypes, at this time, this area of New York, has gradually become a place where people gather together, began to slowly become the One of the most prosperous areas of New York, after a few years of change, to become the most prosperous area.

Two, New York Times Square 1904 officially established:

Time to April 8, 1904, at this time, Longacre Square is the previous New York Times Square, from this day onwards officially changed its name to become a real sense of New York Times Square, it is also from this moment onwards, this area is more and more by the public's attention, there is a very iconic event, this is just In just three weeks, the first advertisement for New York's Times Square appeared above the facade of a bank at 46th Street and Broadway.

Three, 1994 after the start of the major transformation, completely let the New York Times Square as a New York icon:

Rudy Giuliani became the mayor of New York, they are keenly aware of the limitations of the New York Times Square, but also see the potential of the future of the New York Times Square, he began to force the governance of the New York Times Square, closed down all of the places of sound and color, will the New York Times Square Comprehensive cleaning, thus forming the current scale.