Building the Times: Photographs by Annie Leibovitz

Photographs
Taken between July 2005 and July 2006

Location
The New York Times Building construction site on the east side of Eighth Avenue, between West 40th and 41st Streets

Design Director
Michael Bierut, Partner, Pentagram Design

Project Inspiration
The 1930s photographs of Margaret Bourke-White and Lewis Hine, who documented the construction of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, respectively

Project Duration
Ms. Leibovitz will visit and photograph the site through the building’s construction and the initial occupancy of tenants, in early 2007

Project Sponsored by
Forest City Ratner Companies