One Times Square (New York City, New York)

363-foot, 25-story building completed in 1905 Designed by Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz and James C. Mackenzie, Jr. as the headquarters of the New York Times, it was the second tallest building in the world when built. Less than 10 years after moving to Times Square, The New York Times moved its headquarters to 229 West 43rd Street in 1913. The Times retained a classified advertising branch office in the building until it sold the Times Tower in 1961. There is an electric news ticker display spanning the base of the entire building which was first used to announce the results of the 1928 US Presidential Election. The ticker was dark between 1975 and 1980, when Newsweek sponsored the revival of the display. The ticker is now sponsored by Dow Jones. During World War II in the early 1940s, the New Years' ball lowering was stopped for two years due to wartime blackouts and energy conservation. A celebration was still held, although the crowds instead observed a minute of silence for the wartime efforts.

The Times sold the building to Douglas Leigh in 1961, who in turn sold the building to Allied Chemical in 1963, who then greatly modified the building's facade, stripping it down to the steel skeleton and replacing intricate granite and terra-cotta elements with marble facing and simple concrete paneling. The refurbishment made a majority of the building's exterior a sheer wall, with the exception of floor-to-ceiling windows of the 16th floor. That floor was a restaurant space for some time, allowing diners to eat their meals in Art-Deco elegance at eye level with the glittering towers all around the square. However, the restaurant space has been closed since the 1980s.

Because of the extensive cost of renovating the building with central air conditioning, the building currently has no tenants and is only used to hold about 26 billboards. It recent times the building has had a few tenants. In the late 1990s, a Warner Bros. Studio Store filled the first three floors; however the vast majority of the building remained vacant.

In 2006, the first three floors were occupied by a pop-up store (the "JCPenney Experience") but like most pop-ups, did not last long. Walgreens has occupied the building since November 2008.

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Coordinates:  40°45'22"N 73°59'11"W
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