| 1500 Broadway | |
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 1500 Broadway in November 2021 | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Type | Skyscraper |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | 1500 Broadway Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°45′24″N 73°59′08″W / 40.75667°N 73.98556°W |
| Completed | 1972 |
| Owner | Tamares Group |
| Height | |
| Roof | 392 ft (119 m) |
| Top floor | 33 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 500,000 square feet (46,000 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Leo Kornblath |
| Developer | Arlen Realty and Development Corporation |
| Structural engineer | Rosenwasser / Grossman Consulting Engineers, P.C. |
1500 Broadway (also known as Times Square Plaza) is an office building on Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. Completed in 1972 by Arlen Realty & Development Corporation, the 33-story building is 392 feet (119 meters) tall. The building replaced the Hotel Claridge and occupies an entire block front on the east side of Broadway between 43rd Street and 44th Street.
The facade is made of bronze aluminum and contains tinted-glass windows. The lowest four stories of the facade were renovated in the late 1980s, and there is also a pair of curving news tickers and a billboard at the lower part of the building's facade. The building contains about 460,000 square feet (43,000 m2) of space. At ground level, there was originally an arcade, lobby, two foyers, and a movie theater; in addition, Times Square Studios and ABC Studios occupy space on the lower stories.
The New York City Board of Estimate approved a zoning regulation encouraging the construction of theaters in new office buildings near Times Square. Subsequently, National General Pictures announced plans in January 1970 for a skyscraper with movie theaters, and Arlen Realty was hired as the building's developer. The building's cinema opened December 12, 1972, and the first office leases were signed in March 1974. The structure was almost completely vacant when it opened, and it did not approach full occupancy until the mid-1980s. The structure was sold in 1988 to the 1500 Realty Company, and it was resold in 1995 to a partnership that included Tamares Group.