The New York Times Building The lighting design for the building's nighttime identity was designed by the Office for Visual Interaction Inc. The tower rises from the street to its roof, with the exterior curtain wall extending higher to , and a mast rising to . , the building was tied with the Chrysler Building as the fourth-tallest building in New York City, due to the unfinished One World Trade Center exceeding their height. The tower is also the tenth-tallest building in the United States. The steel-framed building, cruciform in plan, has a screen of " (41.3 mm) ceramic rods mounted on the exterior of
Studio Building (New York City) Studio Building (New York City) The Studio Building is located on 131 East 66th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. This Italian Renaissance-inspired building was constructed in 1905-06 as a cooperative apartment house. Designed by Charles A. Platt, who resided here from 1906 until his death in 1933, the building expresses the architect's highly individualistic style. Crowned by an elaborate projecting cornice, the limestone elevations are proportioned and feature a rhythmic grouping of windows. The two entrances are distinguished by massive columns and broken pediments. A Designated Landmark plaque was fixed by the New York