# Times Square Shuts Down for Yoga

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-shuts-down-for-yoga/544230>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 23, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-shuts-down-for-yoga/544230 "2010-06-23T12:57:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-shuts-down-for-yoga/544230/1 "2010-06-23T12:57:10Z")

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God, I miss New York City. I don’t get to see the wonderfully weird stuff anymore:

[http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-463208?hpt=Sbin](http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-463208?hpt=Sbin)

If this were about three months ago I’d have bet it was an April Fools Photoshopped picture

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**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-shuts-down-for-yoga/544230/2 "2010-06-23T13:10:12Z")

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They do this every year on my birthday. Okay, they are probably doing it in celebration of the solstice but I choose to believe that hundreds of New Yorkers join together in bendiness to celebrate the awesomeness of my birth.

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**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-shuts-down-for-yoga/544230/3 "2010-06-23T13:11:59Z")

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It’s not all of Times Sq, though, is it? It just looks to be that area where there aren’t cars and where there are bleachers. I’d be pretty annoyed if I were in the area and needed to get somewhere and it was ALL yoga.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/times-square-shuts-down-for-yoga/544230/4 "2010-06-23T13:13:32Z")

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There sure seems to be a lot of pink. Is that due to support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation or just a popular workout color? How long did the event last?