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There are two buildings named Hearst Tower:

Hearst Tower (Manhattan)
Hearst Tower (Charlotte),More info:wiki

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#10 File:Hearst Tower (Manhattan, New York) 002.jpg,More info:wikimedia

#9 HEARST TOWER,More info:tishmanspeyer

Hearst Tower is a 46-story office tower whose landmark six-story cast stone base is ornamented with columns and allegorical statues, while the tower portions’ diagrid cladding is profiled stainless steel and low-E clear glass. Hearst Tower is located on 8th Avenue between 56th and 57th Streets.

The former six-story headquarters building was commissioned by its founder, William Randolph Hearst, and awarded to the architect Joseph Urban. The building was completed in 1928. Because the building is a designated landmark site, the original cast stone facade has been preserved in the new. Originally built as the base for a proposed skyscraper, the construction of the tower was postponed due to the Great Depression. The new tower addition was completed nearly 80 years later. The tower—designed by the architect Norman Foster, developed by Tishman Speyer, and constructed by Turner Construction—is 46 stories tall, standing 597 feet with 856,000 square feet of office space. The uncommon triangular framing pattern (also known as a diagrid) required 10,480 tons of structural steel—20% less than a conventional steel frame. Hearst Tower was the first skyscraper to break ground in New York City after September 11, 2001.

#8 Transforming the Heart of Charlotte,More info:srssa

#7 Changes are coming to Hearst Magazines,More info:nypost

The long-rumored changes at Hearst Magazines under President Troy Young are said to be getting underway this week now that the holidays are over.

Among the big changes, Cosmopolitan publisher Donna Lagani, who landed there when the late Helen Gurley Brown was still running the show, will exit but will land safely somewhere in the Hearst Tower. Nancy Berger, VP/publisher of Marie Claire is expected to be named as the new publisher of Cosmopolitan. Also Maria Baugh, executive managing editor of Cosmo, Women’s Health and Seventeen, resigned and is said to be heading to WeWork.

On the editorial side, Ellen Payne’s job as head of editorial operations is said to be getting wiped out, but she is landing at Harper’s Bazaar.