|  | One Astor Plaza
1515 Broadway, Times Square
New York City NY United States
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| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1968 | | Finished | 1972 | | Floor Count | 54 | | Floor Area | 179,487 m² |
|  | | Building Uses | | - office | | - parking garage | | - retail | | - cinema | | Structural Types | | - highrise | | Architectural Style | | - international | | - modern | | Materials | | - glass | | - steel | | - limestone |
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| | Heights | | Value | | Source / Comments | | | | Roof | | 745 ft | | | | | | | |
Description
Architect: Kahn & Jacobs
- Tallest Building in the Times Square Area (only counting buildings in the part of Times Square where Seventh Avenue and Broadway meet.
- Headquarters of Viacom.
- Viacom the entertainment conglomerate incorporating Nickelodeon and MTV first signed a lease at the One Astor Plaza in 1990 and moved its studios to the building. Today, popular MTV shows like TRL (Total Request Live) are filed here overlooking Times Square.
- The One Astor Plaza was originally known as the W.T. Grant Building, there used to be a "Grants" logo perched on the crown.
- Replaced Hotel Astor.
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