page_title: New York Times Building (41 Park Row)
section_title: Features
hierarchical_section_title: New York Times Building (41 Park Row) / Design / Features
caption_attribution_description: The New York Times Building at 41 Park Row at Spruce Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City was built in 1888-89 and was designed by George B. Post in the Romanesque Revival style to be the headquarters of the New York Times, replacing another building on the same site. The new building was constructed around the existing press room so there would be no interruption in publication of the newspaper. The building was enlarged in 1903-1905 by Robert Maynicke, adding four stories, when the Times moved uptown and sold it. It is now owned by Pace University. (Source: Guide to NYC Landmarks (4th ed.))
context_page_description: The New York Times Building, also known as 41 Park Row and 147 Nassau Street, is an office building in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City, across from City Hall and the Civic Center. It occupies a plot abutting Nassau Street to the east, Spruce Street to the north, and Park Row to the west. The building is the oldest surviving structure of the former "Newspaper Row", and is owned by Pace University.
  41 Park Row contains a facade of Maine granite at its lowest two stories, above which are rusticated blocks of Indiana Limestone. Vertical piers on the facade highlight the building's vertical axis. The facade also contains details such as reliefs, moldings, and colonettes. When completed, the building was 13 stories and contained a mansard roof; the roof was removed as part of a later expansion that brought the building to 16 stories.
  The New York Times constructed the previous five-story building at 41 Park Row between 1857 and 1858, replacing two previous quarters that it had occupied since its 1851 founding. That building was replaced in 1889 as a Romanesque Revival structure by George B.
context_section_description: 41 Park Row has two basement levels. The basement and subbasement extend underneath the adjacent streets, projecting 16 feet (4.9 m) outward underneath Nassau Street and 20 feet (6.1 m) outward underneath Park Row. In addition, there is another basement with a footprint measuring 30 by 90 feet (9.1 by 27.4 m) underneath Spruce Street, with a ceiling 25 feet (7.6 m) tall. This space contained five printing presses when The New York Times was headquartered there, and was later used by Pace University as a gym. On the first floor was a publication office divided into compartments with marble-and-oak partitions, as well as two private administrative offices on the east and west ends. The first floor later became the Pace University bookstore and lobby, and was converted to an art gallery and student commons between 2017 and 2019.
  The lowest five floors are at the same height as the original building's stories, as were the two basement levels. The internal structure of 41 Park Row was made of wrought iron below the 11th floor and lighter cast-iron above that floor; the cast-iron above the 11th floor was replaced in the 1904–1905 renovation.  Above the second floor, on the Nassau Street and Park Row sides, the load-bearing walls of the piers are reinforced with Phoenix columns, thus forming anchorages within the side walls. These anchorages are used to secure the iron cross-girders underneath each floor; the 3rd through 11th stories are also supported by beams with hollow-tile flat arches. Unlike its predecessor, the current building has no interior partition walls. The upper stories utilized lighter piers because they carried lighter loads. 
  The original 13th floor, which was the top floor, had a ceiling of 23 feet (7.0 m) and contained the composing room and two other rooms, allowing the printers access to more natural light. There were two large skylights above the composing room. The present building's roof contains a wooden water tower, elevator penthouses, a dormer for the stairs, and mechanical equipment.
  Originally, the building was served by three elevators and a staircase on the south side of the building. A fourth elevator was added in the 1904–1905 expansion. As of 2017, floor plans show that there are four elevators and two staircases on the south side of the building.
caption: Northern facade
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