This square’s actual namesake has long since moved on, but the world-famous name remains. At the beginning of the 20th century, the New York Times built a skyscraper on 42nd Street in Manhattan, between 7th Avenue and Broadway. On April 8, 120 years ago, then Mayor George McClellan signed a resolution officially renaming the elongated triangular intersection to the north of the building “Times Square”. “Times Square is the Name of the City’s New Centre,” read the headline of the eponymous daily newspaper the next morning. The Times soon moved on Before then, because horses and carriages were o…