By: Editorial Staff
THE NEW YORK Daily News is leaving the landmark News Building in midtown Manhattan, which has been its home since the newspaper built it more than half a century ago.
The News is moving its editorial offices and headquarters from East 42nd Street across town to West 33rd Street, into a 16-story office structure that also houses an ice-skating rink.
The paper said the new location's large size, 14-foot ceilings and high-capacity electrical wattage are well suited to the demands of modern newspaper technology. The News will occupy 100,000 square feet on one floor.
"It's sad to leave the ancestral home of the Daily News and the great history of the building, but we must look to the future," said co-publisher and CEO Fred Drasner.
"We will be the first newspaper of our size to be produced totally electronically, with a complete digital photo library and the capability to receive advertising digitally," Drasner said.
"The power and infrastructure demands of this technology are much better served by a building designed for these types of systems," he said.
Staffers will pack up and move from the News Building, located close to Grand Central Terminal, to their new home near the Lincoln Tunnel leading to New Jersey in mid-1995.
"I'm sad to move out," said Larry Sutton, a News reporter for 20 years. "I think part of the charm of the newspaper is its history and identity."
The News Building, owned by Lasalle Partners, was built in 1930 by News founder Joseph Patterson. On the large, streetside windows are the paper's name. A huge, revolving globe in the lobby is visible from the entrance.
The paper once occupied all stories from the basement to the 37th floor. Today, it uses only three floors.
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