The Gods of Times Square (INC)

Times Square teems with people -- hardened New Yorkers and wide-eyed tourists, commuters and shoppers, theater-goers and merchants, prostitutes and policemen.

1994 / David Isay / Richard Sandler / All Things Considered, USA

Times Square teems with people -- hardened New Yorkers and wide-eyed tourists, commuters and shoppers, theater-goers and merchants, prostitutes and policemen.

Amid the shimmering lights, flashing signs, towering billboards and epileptic neon, walk the countless religious zealots who consider Times Square their concrete pulpit.


produced by

David Isay

David Isay is the founder of Sound Portraits Productions and StoryCorps.

Richard Sandler

Richard Sandler is a documentary video and filmmaker, a street photographer, and a photography curator.


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