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| references = | footnotes = }} 1501 Broadway, also known as the Paramount Building, is a 33-story, office building〔(Paramount Building ). ''Emporis''. Retrieved 2010-11-16.〕 located between West 43rd and 44th Streets in the Times Square neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It once housed the Paramount Theatre. The structure is currently the 360th tallest building in New York City.〔(NYC Skyscraper Diagram ). ''Skyscraperpage.com''. Retrieved 2010-11-16.〕 It was designated a New York City Landmark in 1988. ==History== Paramount Pictures, one of the major American motion picture companies in the 1920s, built its headquarters at the 1501 Broadway location along with a cinematic theatre. Construction lasted a year between 1926-1927 costing $13.5 million.〔(The Paramount Building ). ''NYC Architecture''. Retrieved 2010-11-16.〕 At the time of its completion, it was the tallest building in Times Square,〔, pp. 90-91〕 and once sported an observation deck.〔 Paramount president Adolph Zukor had acquired a controlling interest in the Chicago-based Balaban and Katz theatre chain, and with it the services of Sam Katz, who became the head of Paramount's theatre division. Balaban and Katz had a long working relationship with the Chicago architectural firm Rapp and Rapp (C.W Rapp and George L. Rapp),〔, p.258〕 which had designed numerous theaters for his company in the Midwest. They later hired the firm to design their new Manhattan flagship theater and office tower. The Rapp brothers created a thirty-three story office tower which was influenced by the Art Deco style, and a theatre in the palatial Neo-Renaissance style behind it.〔 In 1922, Paramount Pictures had purchased the Putnam Building. Construction of the building began on November 1925. The Paramount Theatre opened on November 19, 1926. With the spin-off of the theater units in 1950 as United Paramount Theatre, Inc. (UPT) the building became the UPT's headquarters being leased along with the theater from Paramount Pictures.〔 The building continued as American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres after UPT's merger with ABC. The theater closed in 1964 under UPT ownership only to be reopened later that year under new ownership.〔 The theater was dismantled in 1967.〔 Today, the Paramount Building is known for its large four-faced clock near the top of the pyramidal architectural feature, with the hours denoted by five-pointed stars (forming a circle of stars as used in the Paramount Pictures logo), topped by an ornamental glass globe.〔 At the outset of World War II, the globe and clock were painted black to maintain blackout conditions for fear of an enemy invasion;〔 they were restored in 1996.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1501 Broadway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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