 Blueprints were filed with the Manhattan Bureau of Buildings in June 1928; at the time, the building was to be composed of 36 stories and would cost $6.6 million.In addition to the "Daily News" itself, the new structure would contain "Tribune" subsidiaries that were related to the paper's function.The ceremonial cornerstone, filled with relics of the "Daily News" owner Tribune Media, was laid in September 1928.