Building Selection and Justification

New York Times Building

New York, NY

Built

1903-1905

Cyrus Eidiltz and Andrew C. MacKenzie

At the time it was built, the New York Times Building was the second tallest skyscraper. It's new Rennasiance style housed the number one newspaper in America, the New York Times. It's on the crossroads of 42nd, Broadway and 7th "Indeed, the trapezoidal site presented an opportunity for a skyscraper to be seen in the round from many vantage points, unlike so many other high-rises embedded in the blocks of New York City’s grid." says Suzzanne Stephens (The New York Times Building in the Turn Of The 20th Century, Architectural Record)this Building made a focal point in the Manhatten area, a central area, and it's style pushed rennasiance architecture into the sky.

Modernized

1987

Smith, Smith, Haines, Lundberg, and Whaele

In 1987 the building changed totally. Instead of being a building to admire architecturally it was stripped to become one of the biggest advertisements in the World. The old world had dissipated and the new world was media. Changing the facade of the building might have changed the meaning but even further made time's square the true heart of New York. This building no longer had the tradition of the newspaper in it but now the ball dropping, another reminder of time and a new tradition that the whole county takes a part of is on top of this one building. After all Frank Sinatra can't wake up in the city that never sleeps if the lights aren't flashing.

That's a Wrap!

1971

Christo

This building even took the art worls by storm. What hapens when everthing you know to be true gets covered up one day?