Times Square's mosaic murals of NYC may be preserved

New York

CHANCES are, you have passed by them dozens of times. Chances are, you have never noticed.

Two of the largest maps of New York City are the one-storey mosaic murals on either side of the Times Square police substation. Despite their size, however, they tend to disappear in the visual maelstrom of Broadway, Seventh Avenue and West 43rd Street, the intersection where the substation sits.