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	Daily News Building
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	NYC Landmark
	The Daily News Building
Location	220 East 42nd Street,; New York City
Built	1929
Architect	Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells
Architectural style	Skyscraper
NRHP reference No.	82001191
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 14, 1982
Designated NHL	June 29, 1989
Designated NYCL	July 28, 1981

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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.

In her posthumously published journal notes written in 1936-7in preparation for her novel The Fountainhead (1943), Ayn Rand describes the Daily News Building as one of the "ugliest, flattest, most conventional, meaningless, unimaginative, and uninspiring" of the buildings in the architecture book she was consulting.^[3] It has, however, been pointed out ^[4] that Rand was drawing upon Raymond Hood's career and work for material for the major negative architect character in her novel; she was therefore inclined to see nothing innovative or positive in Hood's Daily News Building at the time.

The Daily News Building 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]^[5]^[6] and is now owned by SL Green Realty Corp.

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Gallery

The lobby of The News Building, circa 1941
Daily News Building, rendered by Hugh Ferriss
Main door in 2008

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ ^a ^b "The News Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-11. Cite error: The named reference "nhlsum" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ Ayn Rand; The Journals of Ayn Rand; Plume; 1999; p.131
^ Frank Heynick "Peter Keating designed Rockefeller Center?" http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090907-heynick-rockefeller.php on the Atlasphere website Sept. 7, 2009
^ 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. 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. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
^ SL Green Inks 142,000 Square Feet of New Leases Within 30 Days
^ SL Green Signs Three at 220 E. 42nd Street Covering 133,600 Square Feet

External links

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[nhlsum-2] "The News Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-11. Cite error: The named reference "nhlsum" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[3] Ayn Rand; The Journals of Ayn Rand; Plume; 1999; p.131

[4] Frank Heynick "Peter Keating designed Rockefeller Center?" http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090907-heynick-rockefeller.php on the Atlasphere website Sept. 7, 2009

[nrhpinv-5] 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. Retrieved 2011-10-15.

[nrhpphotos-6] "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. Retrieved 2011-10-15.

[7] SL Green Inks 142,000 Square Feet of New Leases Within 30 Days

[8] SL Green Signs Three at 220 E. 42nd Street Covering 133,600 Square Feet

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 The '''Daily News Building''', also known as '''The News Building''', is a {{convert|476|ft|m|sing=on}} [[Art-Deco]] skyscraper located at 220 East 42nd Street in [[Manhattan]] in [[New York City]]. Built in 1929, it was headquarters for the [[Daily News (New York)|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]].
+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]].
+In her posthumously published journal notes written in 1936-7in preparation for her novel [[The Fountainhead]] (1943), Ayn Rand describes the Daily News Building as one of the "ugliest, flattest, most conventional, meaningless, unimaginative, and uninspiring" of the buildings in the architecture book she was consulting.<ref> Ayn Rand; The Journals of Ayn Rand; Plume; 1999; p.131 </ref> It has, however, been pointed out <ref>Frank Heynick "Peter Keating designed Rockefeller Center?" http://www.theatlasphere.com/columns/090907-heynick-rockefeller.php on the Atlasphere website Sept. 7, 2009 </ref> that Rand was drawing upon Raymond Hood's career and work for material for the major negative architect character in her novel; she was therefore inclined to see nothing innovative or positive in Hood's Daily News Building at the time.
-Novelist [[Ayn Rand]] in ''[[The Fountainhead]]'' called the Daily News Building the "ugliest building in the city!"<ref>{{cite book |last=Rand |first=Ayn |authorlink=Ayn Rand |title=The Fountainhead |publisher=[[Bobbs-Merrill Company|Bobbs-Merrill]] &#91;via Google Books&#93; |date=1943-04-15 |location=United States |url=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 |isbn=978-0-451-19115-1}}</ref> It is known as the model for the headquarters of the fictional newspaper ''[[Daily Planet]]'', the building where [[Superman]] works as journalist [[Clark Kent]].
+The Daily News Building 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<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web |url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1841&ResourceType=Building

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