The 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°WCoordinates: 40°45′23″N 73°59′24″W / 40.75639°N 73.99000°W |
| 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 | 1,545,708 sq ft (143,601.0 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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