The new $20 million TKTS booth, perched on a wedge at Broadway and 47th St., has already become a bright and welcoming fixture in Times Square since its completion in October 2008: with the expanded plaza, the luminescent red stairs that are the roof to the ticket booths below already act as an amphitheater for the bright-lights, big-city show of the surroundings while offering a respite from the chaos.
Its creation, however, was far more patchy than the smooth glass surfaces would suggest.