
THE MODERN AGE 1900–1950II
THE IMPACT OF INVENTION 1879–19331
ONE TIMES SQUARE AND THE FIRST ZIPPER
ONE TIMES SQUARE
New York, New York, USA
Eidlitz & McKenzie (est. 1900), Architects
New York, New York, USA
1904
One Times Square, also known as 1475
Broadway, the New York Times Building, and
the New York Times Tower, was a 25-story,
395-foot-high (110.6 m) skyscraper located at
the “Crossroads of the World”—the intersection
of 42nd Street, Broadway, and Seventh Avenue
in New York City’s Times Square. The building,
designed by the architectural and engineering
firm Eidlitz & McKenzie (est. 1900), became the
second tallest building in Manhattan when it ...