Manhattan, New York, USA (New York City) (New Amsterdam) (Washington Heights)
1905 - January 2 - GREATEST OF SKYSCRAPERS - OPENING OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BUILDING

New York, Jan. 2 - The New York Times was published last night from its new building in Times square, a structure which has been referred to by experts as one of the most notable architectural triumphs of the world. In recognition of this contribution to the architectural beauty of New York, the City Government some time ago named the district from Forty-Second street north for seven blocks along Broadway and Seventh avenue Times square and the subway station in the basement of the building bears the same title.

Occupancy of the new building by the New York Times began at midnight Saturday and the occasion was celebrated by an elaborate display of fireworks from the observatory of the building, more than 400 feet above Broadway. In a special edition the Times says that the building is the city's tallest structure, from bas to top being thirty-one stories, with an extreme height of 476 feet; that a new record in steel tonnage has been made in its construction, as it contains a larger percentage of steel to cubical contents than any other office building, having at the same time a stronger and stiffer steel frame structure than any of similar dimensions ever erected. The presses are located 55 feet below the level of the street, while the paper is written and set up from the fourteenth to twenty-fifth floors. The foundations of the present completed building were laid in June, 1902.

Boston Evening Transcript
Boston, Massachusetts
January 2, 1905

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