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View from the south - 2004-5-6 (266024)
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Entrance on Broadway - 2004-5-6 (492240)
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Top floors from the southwest - 2004-5-6 (492251)
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Identification
Official name Times Square Tower
Alternative names *
Emporis Building Number 102108
 
Location
Address *
Bordering street #1 Broadway
Bordering street #2 Times Square
Bordering street #3 West 41st Street
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Location Map (POI) *
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Zone Times Square
Neighborhood Midtown
Borough Manhattan
City New York City
State New York
Country U.S.A.
 
Technical Data
Height (tip) *
Height (struct.) 221 m 726 ft
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Floors (OG) 47
Construction start *
Construction end 2004
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Building in General
Type of construction skyscraper
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Status completed

Facts
- Times Square Tower benefits from special zoning which results in uniform floor sizes and panoramic views from every floor.
- A 47-story Class A office tower designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP.
- Times Square Tower, along with the Company's project across the street, 5 Times Square, will complete the renaissance of Times Square, New York's newest, most dynamic business location.
- Occupies the site of the famous Times Square Brewery Restaurant, which had to be relocated nextdoor to 5 Times Square.
- On November 5th, 2004 a glass pane covering two windows on the 46th and 47th floors has collapsed down on the street below (possibly due to gusty winds), falling on a taxi and injuring the driver and the passenger.
- At the beginning of the twentieth century, the lot was occupied by a low-rise building about seven stories tall with a steep-sloped roof.

News
- Arthur Andersen pulls out of Times Squ (2002-05-07 17:32:00)

Companies involved in this Building*
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Emporis Premium Companies: Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, Spider, MANNTECH Building Maintenance Systems.

Other companies: Boston Properties, Inc., Boston Properties, Inc., Boston Properties, Inc, Turner Construction Company, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., Jenkins & Huntington, Inc., Alan G. Davenport Wind Engineering Group BLWTL, Permasteelisa USA, Canron Construction Corp,.

Emporis Skyscraper Award 2004:
Times Square Tower was chosen as one of the best new skyscrapers of the year 2004 and received 17 voting points. Click here to read more about the Emporis Skyscraper Award 2004.