1501 Broadway, also known as the Paramount Building, is a 33-story office building on Times Square between West 43rd and 44th Streets in the Theater District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Rapp and Rapp, it was erected from 1925 to 1927 as the headquarters of Paramount Pictures. The building is designed in the Art Deco and Beaux-Arts styles. The office wing on Times Square contains numerous setbacks as mandated by the 1916 Zoning Resolution, while the rear wing housed the Paramount Theatre from 1926 to 1967. Newmark & Company owns 1501 Broadway.
Seen from across Seventh Avenue and 42rd Street
Seen from 44th Street
The Paramount arch on Times Square, a replica of the original
The top of the building, featuring the clock and globe, as seen from the west
C. W. & George L. Rapp, commonly known as Rapp & Rapp, was an American architectural firm famed for the design of movie palaces and other theatres. Active from 1906 to 1965 and based in Chicago, the office designed over 400 theatres, including the Chicago Theatre (1921), Bismarck Hotel and Theatre (1926) and Oriental Theater (1926) in Chicago, the Five Flags Center (1910) in Dubuque, Iowa and the Paramount Theatres in New York City (1926) and Aurora, Illinois (1931).
The Uptown Theatre in Chicago, completed in 1925.
Shea's Performing Arts Center, originally Shea's Buffalo, completed in 1926.
The Paramount Building in Times Square, New York City, completed in 1927.
The Old Dearborn Bank Building in Chicago, completed in 1928.
