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New York Times Shuts Down Times Square Presses

By Newsradio 88 Staff

After 84-years, the presses beneath the New York Times building in Times Square rolled for the final time yesterday. They printed about 5 percent of the news sections for the Sunday paper.

A half-century-old press run by a stripped-down crew of 13 workers operated where, as recently as six months ago, nine mammoth presses printed local editions of the newspaper.

Beginning with tomorrow's editions, the metropolitan edition of the Times is to be printed at a new, five-press plant in College Point, Queens, and an existing six-press plant in Edison, New Jersey. That plant has been in operation since 1993.

The completion of the 350-million dollar College Point plant will allow the Times to expand its four-section regional edition to six sections on most weekdays, adding color photography and color advertising seven days a week.

With the last press run in Times Square, the New York Post now is the only of New York's three major dailies to print in Manhattan. The Daily News is printed in Jersey City.