 The New York City Subway's Grand Central–42nd Street station (), the Chrysler Building, and the Socony–Mobil Building are one block west, while Tudor City and the Ford Foundation Building are one block east.The Daily News Building was designed in the Art Deco style by architects Raymond Hood and John Mead Howells, and was commissioned as the headquarters of the "New York Daily News", which at the time was owned by Joseph Medill Patterson.It was among the first skyscrapers to be built without an ornamental crown.