Standing majestically in the center of this photograph is Times Tower, home of The New York Times at the turn of the last century and one of the tallest buildings in the world back then. This view of Times Square is looking south from 42nd Street, with Times Tower between Broadway and Seventh Avenue.

The Times and Times Square have been intertwined for more than a century. The newspaper moved in 1904 from the City Hall area downtown to land on 42nd Street between Broadway and Seventh Avenue. The area was known as Longacre Square, but was renamed Times Square as the paper's new building was constructed. The building was called Times Tower and at 375 feet the gothic fortress was the second-tallest building in the world, after the 386-foot Park Row Building. But the building had 55 additional feet below the street for its pressroom. Its total height was the greatest the world had ever seen.