New NYT layouts revealed

Details are emerging about layouts at the new New York Times building on Eighth Avenue between 40th and 41st streets, including the fact that Times editors will have “glass-enclosed, pod-like” offices in the middle of newsroom floors. There will also be a frosted-glass enclosed “Room of Silence” on every floor that some Times employees are referring to as the “Crying Room.” The newspaper is in the process of moving its operations to the tower. more [Gawker]