Times Square For the ultimate rush of overstimulation, you can't beat Times Square. Any time of day or night, Times Square is aglow with an overabundance of electricity that you can actually see from distant parts of the city, like a fog settled on the skyscrapers. When we lived in NY back in 1964-65, Liz Taylor as Cleopatra was the biggest sign on the square. And the place was so seedy, my parents wouldn't ever let us get out of the car to walk around at night. Now, Times Square feels quite safe, with as many tourists at midnight as there are during the day.