The first office tenant at the New York Times Building was law firm Seyfarth Shaw, which leased the 31st to 33rd stories in May 2006. Although a move to a minimum EPC rating of B is under consideration, there is currently no legislation in place to enforce this.

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Times Tower Gets Porto Rico Message; New Wireless Receiver Intercepts Dispatch After Other Stations Failed to Take It". One Times Square's primary design features are the advertising billboards on its facade, added in the 1990s.

Joshi adds: “Recent studies suggest those buildings in central London with better sustainability credentials are achieving markedly higher capital values and rents – above 20pc. BAII moved to foreclose on the property in 1991, prompting Israel and Calmenson to file for bankruptcy protection in March 1992. An entrance to the New York City Subway's Times Square–42nd Street station, served by the 1,​ 2,​ 3​, 7, <7>​​, N,​ Q,​ R,​ W, and Strains, is directly adjacent to the building. The walls of the atrium are transparent, resulting in numerous incidents where birds flew into the walls.

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In early 1974, Parker announced that the building's zipper would display only advertising and good news because "I've had it with bad news". Sony agreed to start operating a Jumbotron on the exterior of the tower in 1990; [130] [131] the Jumbotron was upgraded in March 1994.There were seven oak-framed revolving doors in the building: two at the Broadway entrance to the lobby, one at the 42nd Street entrance, and four leading to the subway station in the basement. To encourage interactions between staffers, the offices were generally not assigned to specific workers, and various furniture was scattered throughout; even the staircases are designed as wide-open spaces. As of 2023 [update], the New York Times Building is tied with the Chrysler Building as the twelfth-tallest building in the city. There are forty-two caissons with a diameter of 22 inches (560mm), which extend between 31 and 89 feet (9.

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Due to its frequent use by Late Show, its producer Rob Burnett jokingly considered the removal of the Jumbotron to be "a sad, sad day for New York. In 2008, upgrades to the upper portion of One Times Square commenced, including the installation of new Toshiba high-definition LED displays (known as ToshibaVision), and the redesign of its roof to accommodate a larger New Year's Eve ball, which became a year-round fixture of the building beginning in 2009.The rod spacing increases from the base to the top, [26] [42] adding transparency for the top 300 feet (91m) of the usable space. Also in 2008, the 44th story was occupied by solar energy company First Solar and the Flemish Government.