Does anyone know why Times Square was originally designed or who by?

Question

I need to know who it was designed by and the reasons behind the design, aka purpose. It's for an art projects so make the answer as based around the designer as much as possible please!

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Squar...

Answer 2

have you already seen this ? -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Squar...

doesnt look like it was 'designed' as such - have a look