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Tag: Hearst building

Architecture / Featured
05/13/2014

The NYC that Never Was: 1926 Plans for The Hearst Building & Plaza That Would Have Dwarfed Times Square

Publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst originally envisioned a 9-story extension of the Hearst Building and a plaza to dwarf Times Square and Herald Square.

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