Times Square Tower facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Times Square Tower
General information
Type	Office
Location	7 Times Square, New York City, United States
Coordinates	40°45′20″N 73°59′12″W / 40.7555°N 73.9867°W / 40.7555; -73.9867
Construction started	2002
Completed	2004
Height
Roof	724 ft (221 m)
Top floor	685 ft (209 m)
Technical details
Floor count	47
Floor area	1,079,373 sq ft (100,277.0 m2)
Lifts/elevators	20
Design and construction
Architect	David Childs of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Developer	Boston Properties
Structural engineer	Thornton Tomasetti
Main contractor	Turner Construction

Times Square Tower is a 47-story, 726-foot (221 m) office tower located at 7 Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, standing at West 41st Street.

Started in 2002 and completed in 2004, the tower contains Class A office space. Some of the most prominent features of the Times Square Tower are its billboards, several of which hang on the building's façade. Most of the large signs are found near the base, but one 4-story sign is found above the middle of the building. Towards the end of 2011, an electronic billboard replaced the static billboard towards the top of the tower. The building is also known for the zig-zag patterns on its exterior. It has currently been named "America's Consensus #1 Office Building" by the Better Business Bureau for sixteen consecutive years.

Originally, this building's tenant was planned to be Arthur Andersen. The firm signed a lease in October 2000, but then backed out in 2002 after the Enron scandal.

Tenants

• Alleghany
• Ann Taylor
• Ashurst
• Brown Rudnick LLP
• Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman
• Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
• O'Melveny & Myers
• Pryor Cashman LLP
• Resources Global Professionals
• Robert Walters
• Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
• TimesSquare Capital Management
• White and Williams LLP
• Fish & Richardson

See also

In Spanish: Times Square Tower para niños