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Identification
Name
Daily News Building
Alternative name
216-220 East 42nd Street
Emporis Building ID
115394
Location
Main address
216-238 East 42nd Street
Side address
767-781 2nd Avenue
Side address
223-247 East 41st Street
Address as text
*
ZIP
*
Block
1315
Lot
100024
Neighborhood
Murray Hill
District
Manhattan
City
New York City
State
New York
Country
U.S.A.
Map and Surrounding Area
Technical Data
Height (tip)
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Height (architectural)
145.09 m
Height (roof)
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Floors (above ground)
36
Construction start
*
Construction end
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Structure in General
Construction type
skyscraper
Current status
existing [completed]
Facade material
limestone
Facade system
applied masonry
Architectural style
art deco / art moderne
Usages
Main usages
commercial office
Features and Amenities
City landmark
Facts
No longer occupied by the Daily News, the Daily News Building is one of New York's best known skyscrapers. It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1981. Its lobby remains one of the most unusual architectural sights in the city.
An addition designed by Harrison and Abramowitz was added to the east side of the tower in 1958.
A large, revolving globe, set against a backdrop of black glass and aluminum in the center of the lobby, symbolized the paper's global perspective.
The costly building was constructed when the Daily News had the largest circulation of any newspaper in the United States.
The structure contained the newspaper's offices and speculative office space in a tower set back above a 10-story base with larger floors to accommodate the presses.
At a time when other developers shunned the area east of the Third Avenue El, the Daily News selected this site so that it could house its noisy printing presses in the same facility as its editorial offices.
Art Deco features of the exterior facade include the use of polychrome brick and red and black spandrels between the windows.
Companies involved in this building

architect: Hood & Howells

Other companies:
SL Green Realty Corp, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., Lockwood Greene & Company
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