Bus New Tour York

Times Square, the tourist mecca dubbed the "crossroads of the world," may be more accurately nicknamed LBO Lane or Buyout Boulevard. That's because private-equity firms, the new kings of Wall Street, have been buying up large slices of Corporate America the past few years. And Times Square, best known for its hyperkinetic 42nd Street and ball-dropping bash on New Year's Eve, is no exception.

The Summer of Love began 40 years ago, the climax of a decade of rebellious optimism. And at the heart of it all was our capital city. Rory Maclean seeks out old haunts from Sixties London.