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New York Times Building

The New York Times Building
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General information
Type Office, retail
Location 620 Eighth Avenue
Manhattan, New York
10018
U.S.
Coordinates 40°45′23″N 73°59′24″W / 40.75639°N 73.99000°W / 40.75639; -73.99000Coordinates: 40°45′23″N 73°59′24″W / 40.75639°N 73.99000°W / 40.75639; -73.99000
Construction started 2003
Completed 2007
Cost $850 million
Owner The New York Times Company (58% owner) and Forest City Ratner Companies (42% owner)
Management Forest City Ratner Companies
Height
Architectural 1,046 ft (319 m)
Roof 748 ft (228 m)
Top floor 721 ft (220 m)
Technical details
Floor count 52
Floor area 1,540,000 sq ft (143,000 m2)
Lifts/elevators 32 (24 passenger, 8 service)
Design and construction
Architect Renzo Piano Building Workshop, FXFOWLE Architects
Developer Forest City Ratner Companies
Structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti
Main contractor AMEC Construction Management
References

The New York Times Building is a skyscraper on the west side of Midtown Manhattan, New York City that was completed in 2007. Its chief tenant is The New York Times Company, publisher of The New York Times as well as the International New York Times, and other newspapers. Construction was by a joint venture of The New York Times Company, Forest City Ratner (Forest City Enterprises's New York subsidiary), and ING Real Estate.

The original newspaper headquarters in 1851 were at 113 Nassau Street, in a little building that stood until fairly recently, then up the street a few years later at 138 Nassau Street. In 1858, the Times then moved to a five-story edifice at 41 Park Row; thirty years later, partially in response to a new tower erected by the competing Tribune, it commissioned a new 13-story building at the same site, one that remains in use by Pace University. In 1904, again partially in response to the Herald Square headquarters of another competitor, the paper moved to perhaps its most famous location, the Times Tower, altering the name of the surrounding area from Longacre Square to Times Square. The slender tower was so constricted in space that the paper outgrew it within a decade and, in 1913, moved into the Times Annex, 229 West 43rd Street, where it remained for almost a century.


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