Five Manhattan West is a building at 450 West 33rd Street in Hudson Yards,

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. Also known as Westyard Distribution Center, it was designed by

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and opened in 1969. The , 16-story building originally had a beige

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facade with a sloped base, and although the facade was cleaned up in 2003, it was seen as out of place with the architecture of the surrounding neighborhood. The '' New York Daily News'' moved to 450 West 33rd Street in 1995 from its former headquarters at 220 East 42nd Street. The structure also housed

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from 1999 to 2003. The

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moved to 450 West 33rd Street from its former headquarters at

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in the early 2000s, and remains in the building .

2014 renovation

In 2014, the brutalist concrete exterior was replaced with a glass facade and its interior and mechanical systems were also renovated. When renovation of the building was completed, it was renamed 5

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. It houses offices of

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and

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. The building sits above rail tracks running west from

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, and the portals of the

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and

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are beneath the building.

References

Brookfield Properties buildings Hudson Yards, Manhattan Office buildings completed in 1969 Brutalist architecture in New York City {{Manhattan-struct-stub