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Daily News BuildingRegister of Parks, Gardens and Demesnes of Special Historic Interest
The Daily News Building
Location: 220 East 42nd Street,
New York CityCoordinates: 40°44′58.36″N 73°58′24.57″W / 40.7495444°N 73.9734917°WCoordinates: 40°44′58.36″N 73°58′24.57″W / 40.7495444°N 73.9734917°W Built: 1929 Architect: Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells Architectural style: Skyscraper Governing body: SL Green Realty (private) NRHP Reference#: 82001191 Significant dates Added to NRHP: November 14, 1982[1] Designated NHL: June 29, 1989[2] Designated NYCL: July 28, 1981 The Daily News Building, also known as The News Building, is a 476-foot (145 m) Art-Deco skyscraper located at 220 East 42nd Street in Manhattan in New York City. Built in 1929, it was headquarters for the New York Daily News until the mid-1990s. Its design by architect Raymond Hood, among the first skyscrapers to be built without an ornamental crown, can be seen as a precursor to his design of Rockefeller Center.
The News Building is the home for former News TV subsidiary WPIX and was also home to WQCD, the smooth jazz station The News had operated as WPIX-FM. Some time after former News parent Tribune Company took over WQCD outright, the station was sold to Emmis Communications.
Novelist Ayn Rand in The Fountainhead called the Daily News Building the "ugliest building in the city!"[3] It is known as the model for the headquarters of the fictional newspaper Daily Planet, the building where Superman works as journalist Clark Kent.
It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989[2][4][5] and is now owned by SL Green Realty Corp.
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In popular culture
The Daily News Building was visited in the final leg of The Amazing Race 10, where teams found their next clue there.
Gallery
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The lobby of The News Building, circa 1941
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Daily News Building, rendered by Hugh Ferriss
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Main door in 2008
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "The News Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-11. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1841&ResourceType=Building.
- ^ Rand, Ayn (1943-04-15). The Fountainhead. United States: Bobbs-Merrill [via Google Books]. ISBN 9780451191151. http://books.google.com/books?id=3WiS2jWThFAC&pg=PT695&lpg=PT695&dq=ayn+rand+the+fountainhead++ugliest+building+in+the+city&source=bl&ots=FFGZE5iz0g&sig=lSGy3efE6oEbkzoCVHxqr64dwrg&hl=en&ei=LCFCTarRJc3SgQfUr9TAAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false.
- ^ Pitts, Carolyn (1989-02-09). "Daily News Building (text)" (PDF, 718 KiB). National Register of Historic Places Registration. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/82001191.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
- ^ "Daily News Building—Accompanying Photos, exterior, from 1979 and 1981" (PDF, 241 KiB). National Register of Historic Places Inventory. National Park Service. 1989-02-09. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/82001191.pdf. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
External links
Categories:- National Historic Landmarks in New York City
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan
- Skyscrapers in New York City
- Art Deco buildings in New York City
- Buildings and structures completed in 1929
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