Perhaps one of the most telling changes in Times Square New York City is the need for its police station to adapt to a new principle in the pedestrianization of this space-a lack of crime.
Time was when this location was for pickpockets and scammers, and an active station necessary. These days the Times Square police station is up for discussion, as you can see in the link to the New York Times. The old station is more an ambassador, and perhaps in the future eyes looking for terrorism in public places.
The old station has a historic tiled wall map of New York City, and cannot build up or out, being located above a subway. Future uses could include an ATM machine and a gallery of the history of the New York Police Department. Times are changing.
