December 04, 2000|By San Jose Mercury News.
NEW YORK — Once seedy Times Square has cleaned up its act with the help of Disney, which renovated historical Broadway theaters here and launched shows such as "The Lion King," "Beauty and the Beast" and "Aida."
Now there's a new mouse in town, and this one clicks.
Last week, a 760-seat Internet cafetouted to be the world's largest--joined scores of technology companies and new media businesses contributing to the revitalization of a neighborhood that boasts 1.5 million visitors a day.
The easyEverything Internet cafe on 42nd Street, next door to the new Madame Tussaud's wax museum, is the first U.S. venture of London-based easyGroup, which owns 15 similar cafes in major European cities. Times Square companies such as Conde Nast, Firecom, Disney, Viacom, Reuters and others make up a dense concentration of communications and broadcasting might, industries whose definitions are evolving as they increasingly embrace technology.
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