The Times Square Building
- Architects
- Albert Kahn Buchman & Fox Ludlow and Peabody
- Year
- 1913
- Style
- Gothic Revival
- City
- Manhattan, NY
Opened in 1913 as The New York Times Building and later known as the Times Square Building, this 18-story Midtown office building served as the newspaper's headquarters until 2007. It grew in stages: the original by Mortimer J. Fox of Buchman & Fox, a 1920s addition by Ludlow & Peabody, and a 1930s addition by Albert Kahn.
the building
Layered facade. The 43rd Street sections mix French Gothic, French Renaissance, and Italian Renaissance detailing across their different building campaigns, rising 11 stories before stepping back to a five-story attic interrupted by a seven-story tower with a pyramidal hip roof.
the style
The building reads as Gothic Revival and French Renaissance, a combination that accumulated as successive architects added onto Fox's original structure over three decades.
More on Gothic Revivalthe architect
Albert Kahn, Buchman & Fox, and Ludlow & Peabody each contributed a distinct section of the building over its expansions.
significance
The 43rd Street sections are a New York City designated landmark. Columbia Property Trust owns most of the office building today, while Kushner Companies owns the lowest four floors as retail and entertainment space.
nearby
- Times Square Hotel
- Music Box Theater
- New Amsterdam Theater
- New York Times Building
- Paramount Hotel
- 330 West 42nd Street