United States

One Times Square

United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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One Times Square is a 25-story, 363-foot-high skyscraper designed by Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz in the neo-Gothic style and built in 1903–1904 as the headquarters of The New York Times on the block bounded by Seventh Avenue, 42nd Street, Broadway, and 43rd Street in Midtown Manhattan. The surrounding neighborhood was renamed Times Square during the tower's construction, and the paper moved into its new headquarters in January 1905. Though the building's original architectural details have been obscured or removed through extensive modifications over the decades, it became and remains one of the most recognizable structures in New York City, anchoring the famous Times Square district. The building gained iconic status not through its design but through its presence: it housed a lighted news ticker from 1928 and became the site of the annual New Year's Eve ball drop celebration. Since the 1990s, its facade has been dominated by advertising billboards, making it one of the most valuable advertising locations in the world.