{"nrhp_refnum":"82001191","name":"Daily News Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"220 E. 42nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.74979231100005,"lon":-73.97351639556973,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-11-14","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1989-06-29","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Communications"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 36-story tower at 220 E. 42nd Street in Manhattan, attached to a 9-story printing plant on East 41st Street, built 1929-1930 as the home of the Daily News newspaper.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a major architectural monument, designed by Raymond Hood, and the first modernistic, freestanding skyscraper he designed. It was the home and symbol of America's first tabloid and largest newspaper. Its tapered, stacked massing, bas-relief entrance and popular science lobby are also noted.","narrative":"Rising 36 stories on East 42nd Street in Manhattan, this tower and its attached nine-story printing plant were built in 1929-1930 for the Daily News, then New York's largest newspaper and the country's first successful tabloid. Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson chose Howells and Hood, with the design credited to Raymond Hood alone. The exterior is defined by tall white brick bands alternating with window bays of reddish-brown and black brick, and by zig-zag setbacks on every side. The main entrance has a granite block with a bas-relief of New Yorkers and the building itself, topped by the inscription \"THE NEWS.\" Inside, the lobby centers on a 12-foot revolving globe set in the floor, with a compass and world maps on the walls. Hood's earlier skyscrapers drew on Gothic and eclectic styles, but this was his first fully non-eclectic modern building. A 1959 addition and a later Citibank structure are considered non-contributing.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1929-1930)","architect_builder":"Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as occupied and in use for commercial purposes; condition marked excellent, with 1959 and later additions.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.81169-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/82001191.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001191/0a792a3490-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82001191/0a792a3490-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"ajay_suresh","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIX11_(54823910716).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ajay_suresh</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIX11_(54823910716).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319435","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_News_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2070225"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/daily-news-building-82001191/"}