Best Screen in Times Square

Times Square can be a pretty annoying place. It is packed with people, which isn't so bad, unless you want to cross the street to get lunch. It is packed with exhaust, which isn't so bad, unless you know what real air smells like. But worst of all, it is packed with ads. I can't think of a scenario where ads aren't annoying.

There is however, one sign which I look forward to seeing every so often. The video screens outside of the Quicksilver store. They actually have someone doing something other than looking cosmetically enhanced.

I came out of the subway last week and they had loaded some new video content onto the screen. There is a two or three minute segment of Tony Hawk doing some really smooth stuff. There is a short sequence of this one fella doing some nice simple filp tricks that just look good and are not overblown. Then there is a treat for the old school among us - a four or five minute section of a guy having a really long run in a series of pools. It is really nice to watch.