| Daily News Building | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
| NYC Landmark | |
 The Daily News Building
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| Location: | 220 E. 42nd St., New York, New York |
| Coordinates: | 40°44′58.36″N 73°58′24.57″W / 40.7495444°N 73.9734917°W |
| Built/Founded: | 1929 |
| Architect: | Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells |
| Architectural style(s): | Skyscraper |
| Added to NRHP: | November 14, 1982[1] |
| Designated NHL: | June 29, 1989[2] |
| Designated NYCL: | July 28, 1981 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 82001191 |
The Daily News Building, also known as The News Building, was the home of the New York Daily News. It is known as the model for the headquarters of the fictional newspaper Daily Planet, the building where Superman works as journalist Clark Kent. Built in 1929, it was headquarters for The New York Daily News until the mid-1990s.
The 476-foot, Art-Deco skyscraper is located at 220 East 42nd Street. 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.
It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.[2][3][4]
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.
Novelist Ayn Rand is known to have considered the Daily News Building the "ugliest building in the city!"[cite this quote]
It is owned by SL Green Realty Corp.
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. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ a b "The News Building". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. 2007-09-11. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1841&ResourceType=Building.
- ^ "[http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/82001191.pdf "Daily News Building", by Carolyn Pitts. PDF (718 KiB) National Register of Historic Places Registration]". National Park Service. 1989-02-09. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/82001191.pdf "Daily News Building", by Carolyn Pitts. PDF (718 KiB).
- ^ "[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. Daily News Building-Accompanying Photos, exterior, from 1979 and 1981.PDF (241 KiB).
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