Daily News Building

Daily News Building
Daily News Building
	Viewed from 42nd Street, looking southeast
General information
Type	Office
Architectural style	Art Deco, Modernist
Location	220 East 42nd Street, New York, New York
Coordinates	40°45′00″N 73°58′24″W / 40.75000°N 73.97333°W
Groundbreaking	September 1928
Completed	July 23, 1930
Renovated	1957–1960 (annex)
Owner	SL Green (51%), Meritz Alternative Investment Management (49%)
Height
Roof	476 ft (145 m)
Technical details
Floor count	36
Floor area	1,009,700 sq ft (93,800 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells (original); Harrison & Abramovitz (annex)
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Designated	June 29, 1989
Reference no.	82001191
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated	November 12, 1982
Reference no.	82001191
New York City Landmark
Designated	July 28, 1981
Reference no.	1049
Designated entity	Facade
New York City Landmark
Designated	March 10, 1998
Reference no.	1982
Designated entity	Interior: Lobby

The Daily News Building, also known as The News Building, is a skyscraper at 220 East 42nd Street in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The original building was designed by architects Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells in the Art Deco style, and was erected between 1928 and 1930. A later addition was designed by Harrison & Abramovitz and built between 1957 and 1960.

The Daily News Building consists of a 36-story tower that is 476 feet (145 m) tall, as well as two shorter additions extending east to Second Avenue. Its architectural features include a large granite entrance at 42nd Street and a rotunda lobby with a rotating globe. The original structure is an L-shaped building that faces 41st Street to the south, Second Avenue to the east, and 42nd Street to the north, with a longer frontage on 41st Street than on 42nd Street. The annex, along 42nd Street and Second Avenue, gives the present building a rectangular lot.

The Daily News Building was commissioned by Joseph Medill Patterson, the founder of the New York Daily News. The design incorporates a layered massing that contains several setbacks at higher floors. It was Hood's first modern freestanding tower and one of the first large Art Deco buildings in New York City. The Daily News Building was occupied by the Daily News until 1995, after which it was converted to office use. Upon its completion, the Daily News Building received mixed reviews, and many observers described the building as having a utilitarian design. The Daily News Building was made a National Historic Landmark in 1978. It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1981 and its interior was similarly designated in 1998.

^ Cite error: The named reference nhlsum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference desrep was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference desrep2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[nhlsum-1] Cite error: The named reference nhlsum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[desrep-3] Cite error: The named reference desrep was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[desrep2-4] Cite error: The named reference desrep2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]