New York Times Building

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historic building office building skyscraper

The New York Times Building is a prominent early 20th-century skyscraper in New York City that originally served as the headquarters of The New York Times and helped give Times Square its name.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
New York Times Building (41 Park Row)	2
New York Times Building canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12978231 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Times Building
Context triple: [Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz, notableWork, New York Times Building]

A. New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
B. New York Herald Building
The New York Herald Building was a prominent Beaux-Arts style newspaper headquarters in Manhattan designed by architect Stanford White in the late 19th century.
C. New York Journal Building
The New York Journal Building was a prominent late-19th-century newspaper headquarters in Manhattan’s Park Row district, associated with William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.
D. New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
E. RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Times Building
Target entity description: The New York Times Building is a prominent early 20th-century skyscraper in New York City that originally served as the headquarters of The New York Times and helped give Times Square its name.

A. New York Times Building
The New York Times Building is a prominent high-rise office tower in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the headquarters of The New York Times and is noted for its modern, light-filled design.
B. New York Herald Building
The New York Herald Building was a prominent Beaux-Arts style newspaper headquarters in Manhattan designed by architect Stanford White in the late 19th century.
C. New York Journal Building
The New York Journal Building was a prominent late-19th-century newspaper headquarters in Manhattan’s Park Row district, associated with William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.
D. New York Sun Building
The New York Sun Building was a prominent historic newspaper office skyscraper in Manhattan that housed the influential New York Sun during the height of New York City’s print journalism era.
E. RCA Building
The RCA Building, now known as 30 Rockefeller Plaza or 30 Rock, is a landmark Art Deco skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan that serves as the centerpiece of New York City's Rockefeller Center complex.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ office building ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	One Times Square ⓘ Times Tower ⓘ
architect	Andrew C. McKenzie ⓘ Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts ⓘ early skyscraper ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square ⓘ
borough	Manhattan ⓘ
category	Historic buildings in New York City ⓘ Office buildings in New York City ⓘ Skyscrapers in Manhattan ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
completionDate	1904 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1903 ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
developer	The New York Times Company ⓘ
era	early 20th century ⓘ
feature	narrow tower rising from a larger base ⓘ
floorCount	approximately 25 ⓘ
hasSignificance	development of Times Square as an entertainment district ⓘ media history of New York City ⓘ
height	approximately 111 meters ⓘ approximately 363 feet ⓘ
influencedNameOf	Times Square ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ Times Square ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
material	masonry cladding ⓘ steel frame ⓘ
namedAfter	The New York Times ⓘ
neighborhood	Times Square ⓘ
notableFor	association with the naming of Times Square ⓘ early 20th-century skyscraper design ⓘ former headquarters of The New York Times ⓘ
openingDate	1904 ⓘ
originalFunction	newspaper headquarters ⓘ
originalOccupant	The New York Times ⓘ
ownershipHistory	The New York Times Company ⓘ various private real estate owners ⓘ
streetAddress	1475 Broadway ⓘ
use	advertising space ⓘ billboard displays ⓘ office space ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz → notableWork → New York Times Building ⓘ

George B. Post & Sons → notableWork → New York Times Building (41 Park Row) ⓘ

linked to: New York Times Building

George Browne Post → designed → New York Times Building (41 Park Row) ⓘ