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229 West 43rd Street
229 West 43rd Street (formerly The New York Times Building, The New York Times Annex, and the Times Square Building) is an 18-story office building in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1913 and expanded in three stages, it was the headquarters of The New York Times newspaper until 2007. The original building by Mortimer J. Fox of Buchman & Fox, as well as a 1920s addition by Ludlow & Peabody and a 1930s addition by Albert Kahn, are on 43rd Street. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon designed a wing on 44th Street in the 1940s. Columbia Property Trust owns most of the structure as an office building while Kushner Companies owns the lowest four floors as a retail and entertainment complex.
The 43rd Street sections of the building are designed in the French Gothic, French Renaissance, and Italian Renaissance styles and are a New York City designated landmark. The original building and its additions rise 11 stories from the street, except for a four-story wing on the eastern end of the site. The 43rd Street sections of the building are topped by a set back five-story attic, interrupted by a seven-story tower with a pyramidal hip roof. The facade is constructed of light-colored Indiana limestone, brick, and terracotta and is divided horizontally into a two-story base, a nine-story midsection, and the attic and tower stories. The elevations are divided into vertical bays with a mixture of single windows, double windows, and arches. The building contains 770,000 square feet (72,000 m2) of office space and 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) of retail space. Originally, each floor was devoted to a different division of the Times.
Due to overcrowding at the previous Times headquarters at One Times Square, the Times Annex was constructed to supplement the paper's printing plant and other mechanical divisions. The annex became the Times's headquarters shortly after opening. As the Times's circulation expanded and its issues grew longer, the building was expanded in 1922–1924, 1931–1932, and 1944–1947. The Times relocated its printing plant from the building in 1997 and announced plans for new headquarters two years later, relocating in June 2007. A partnership led by Tishman Speyer bought the building in 2004 and sold it three years later to AFI USA, which had trouble finding office tenants and sold the upper floors to The Blackstone Group in 2011. AFI USA operated the retail portion of the building until 2015, when Columbia acquired the offices and Kushner bought the retail.
The former New York Times Building is at 229 West 43rd Street, on the north sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. The land lot is L-shaped, extending northward to 44th Street on the eastern half of the block. The lot covers 50,637 sq ft (4,704.3 m2), with a frontage of 318 ft (97 m) on 43rd Street and a depth of 200.84 ft (61 m). In 1996, the city renamed the block of 43rd Street outside the building in honor of Adolph Ochs, a former publisher of The New York Times, the building's longtime occupant.
The surrounding area is part of Manhattan's Theater District and contains many Broadway theatres. 229 West 43rd Street shares the city block with St. James Theatre, the Hayes Theater, and Sardi's restaurant to the northwest on 44th Street; 1501 Broadway to the east; and 255 West 43rd Street to the west on 43rd Street. Across 44th Street are the Majestic, Broadhurst, John Golden, Bernard B. Jacobs, and Gerald Schoenfeld theaters to the northwest; the Shubert and Booth theaters to the north; and One Astor Plaza to the northeast. The Times Square Theater, New Victory Theater, and 3 Times Square are directly across 43rd Street to the southeast, while the former Hotel Carter, American Airlines Theatre, and Lyric Theatre are to the south.
The building was developed as an annex structure for The New York Times. Prior to the New York Times Annex's development, the site was part of the Astor family estate and contained several brownstone townhouses. The easternmost section of the building was built on two land lots owned by the Astors: a 100 by 100 ft (30 by 30 m) lot that had been leased by the Shubert family, as well a 100 by 43 ft (30 by 13 m) lot. The central section was acquired in 1915 and replaced five buildings of five stories each, taking up a square site measuring 100 by 100 feet. The westernmost section, measuring 75 by 100 ft (23 by 30 m), was acquired in 1928 and formerly contained a six-story apartment hotel named Yandis Court.
229 West 43rd Street was originally known as the New York Times Annex and was built in four stages. The 43rd Street sections of the building are designed in the French Gothic, French Renaissance, and Italian Renaissance styles. The eastern third of the site was designed in 1912 by Mortimer J. Fox of Buchman & Fox. From 1922 to 1924, Ludlow and Peabody designed the central section as well as the attic stories. Albert Kahn designed the western section in 1931, including a second lobby and rooftop studio. A fourth section to the north was designed in 1947 by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
The George A. Fuller Company was the general contractor for the original section of the building, as well as for the central section on 43rd Street. The Cauldwell Wingate Company built the westernmost section on 43rd Street. Several other contractors were involved in the construction, including ironwork contractor Sexauer and Lemke.
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229 West 43rd Street
229 West 43rd Street (formerly The New York Times Building, The New York Times Annex, and the Times Square Building) is an 18-story office building in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Opened in 1913 and expanded in three stages, it was the headquarters of The New York Times newspaper until 2007. The original building by Mortimer J. Fox of Buchman & Fox, as well as a 1920s addition by Ludlow & Peabody and a 1930s addition by Albert Kahn, are on 43rd Street. Shreve, Lamb & Harmon designed a wing on 44th Street in the 1940s. Columbia Property Trust owns most of the structure as an office building while Kushner Companies owns the lowest four floors as a retail and entertainment complex.
The 43rd Street sections of the building are designed in the French Gothic, French Renaissance, and Italian Renaissance styles and are a New York City designated landmark. The original building and its additions rise 11 stories from the street, except for a four-story wing on the eastern end of the site. The 43rd Street sections of the building are topped by a set back five-story attic, interrupted by a seven-story tower with a pyramidal hip roof. The facade is constructed of light-colored Indiana limestone, brick, and terracotta and is divided horizontally into a two-story base, a nine-story midsection, and the attic and tower stories. The elevations are divided into vertical bays with a mixture of single windows, double windows, and arches. The building contains 770,000 square feet (72,000 m2) of office space and 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) of retail space. Originally, each floor was devoted to a different division of the Times.
Due to overcrowding at the previous Times headquarters at One Times Square, the Times Annex was constructed to supplement the paper's printing plant and other mechanical divisions. The annex became the Times's headquarters shortly after opening. As the Times's circulation expanded and its issues grew longer, the building was expanded in 1922–1924, 1931–1932, and 1944–1947. The Times relocated its printing plant from the building in 1997 and announced plans for new headquarters two years later, relocating in June 2007. A partnership led by Tishman Speyer bought the building in 2004 and sold it three years later to AFI USA, which had trouble finding office tenants and sold the upper floors to The Blackstone Group in 2011. AFI USA operated the retail portion of the building until 2015, when Columbia acquired the offices and Kushner bought the retail.
The former New York Times Building is at 229 West 43rd Street, on the north sidewalk between Eighth Avenue and Seventh Avenue, near Times Square in the Theater District of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. The land lot is L-shaped, extending northward to 44th Street on the eastern half of the block. The lot covers 50,637 sq ft (4,704.3 m2), with a frontage of 318 ft (97 m) on 43rd Street and a depth of 200.84 ft (61 m). In 1996, the city renamed the block of 43rd Street outside the building in honor of Adolph Ochs, a former publisher of The New York Times, the building's longtime occupant.
The surrounding area is part of Manhattan's Theater District and contains many Broadway theatres. 229 West 43rd Street shares the city block with St. James Theatre, the Hayes Theater, and Sardi's restaurant to the northwest on 44th Street; 1501 Broadway to the east; and 255 West 43rd Street to the west on 43rd Street. Across 44th Street are the Majestic, Broadhurst, John Golden, Bernard B. Jacobs, and Gerald Schoenfeld theaters to the northwest; the Shubert and Booth theaters to the north; and One Astor Plaza to the northeast. The Times Square Theater, New Victory Theater, and 3 Times Square are directly across 43rd Street to the southeast, while the former Hotel Carter, American Airlines Theatre, and Lyric Theatre are to the south.
The building was developed as an annex structure for The New York Times. Prior to the New York Times Annex's development, the site was part of the Astor family estate and contained several brownstone townhouses. The easternmost section of the building was built on two land lots owned by the Astors: a 100 by 100 ft (30 by 30 m) lot that had been leased by the Shubert family, as well a 100 by 43 ft (30 by 13 m) lot. The central section was acquired in 1915 and replaced five buildings of five stories each, taking up a square site measuring 100 by 100 feet. The westernmost section, measuring 75 by 100 ft (23 by 30 m), was acquired in 1928 and formerly contained a six-story apartment hotel named Yandis Court.
229 West 43rd Street was originally known as the New York Times Annex and was built in four stages. The 43rd Street sections of the building are designed in the French Gothic, French Renaissance, and Italian Renaissance styles. The eastern third of the site was designed in 1912 by Mortimer J. Fox of Buchman & Fox. From 1922 to 1924, Ludlow and Peabody designed the central section as well as the attic stories. Albert Kahn designed the western section in 1931, including a second lobby and rooftop studio. A fourth section to the north was designed in 1947 by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon.
The George A. Fuller Company was the general contractor for the original section of the building, as well as for the central section on 43rd Street. The Cauldwell Wingate Company built the westernmost section on 43rd Street. Several other contractors were involved in the construction, including ironwork contractor Sexauer and Lemke.