Yellow Cab 7K63 at night , Times Square,Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA

. Made at Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA in 2018, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The subject recorded here is Yellow Cab 7K63 at night , Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. The setting also relates to transport corridor, local transport, visual archive, place identity, historic context, period detail, local trading, consumer retail, roadside environment, commercial streetscape, local character, bricks-and-mortar retail, traffic management, and highway infrastructure. In the mid-2020s, changing footfall and commercial rents keep the subject current, particularly through how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. The subject remains useful for current coverage of infrastructure investment and road safety, not least because of the continuing need to maintain ageing transport infrastructure. For retrospective editorial use, the photograph preserves the combination of built form, activity and local identity in this part of Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. Further connections include urban commerce, motorway travel, local history, independent trading, public realm, regional identity, road engineering, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Square, Times, Yellow, night, and Manhattan add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for changing footfall and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres within the real-world context of Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA. It also preserves a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.