Edge of Doom Framed or Unframed:Unframed addressed the crowd and described

addressed the crowd and described that landmark Supreme Court decision as "a joyous daybreak to end the long night of enforced segregation

Subway ridership was declining steadily

Despite its identity crisis

when one of our staff photographers took this photo

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Edge of Doom Framed or Unframed:Unframed addressed the crowd and describedEven jadded New Yorkers might have done a double take on this rainy night in Times Square with a towering "Edge of Doom" sign nearby. The glowing message didn't refer to impending disaster in the hardscrabble neighborhood, but rather a new black and white film noir directed by Mark Robson and starring Dana Andrews, playing at the Astor Theater in August 1950. Just up the block on the left is Times Tower, whose electronic news ticker or "zipper"