[4] Initially, John McGraw, then the manager of the New York Giants baseball team, ran a billiards parlor in the newly opened building.

Pool playing phenomenon Willy Hoppe took over this business in January 1912 when McGraw and Donlin moved to the Studebaker Building, 48th Street and Broadway.

[9] Members of the committee on course rules and regulations for a New York City-to-San Diego long-distance yacht race met in the Marbridge Building in March 1912.

[11] Dudley Scrymser Macdonald, a real estate broker, was manager of the Marbridge Building for thirty-five years.

[14] A syndicate of investors headed by Henry Goelet and Morris Furman bought the building in October 1954.

[20] In April 1969 Harry B. Helmsley and Irving Schneider purchased thirty buildings which comprised the total assets of the Furman-Wolfson Trust, which was valued at $165,000,000.

RFR Holding purchased the building in 2000 from the Investment Properties Associates portfolio, formerly controlled by Harry B.

The E-shaped design enabled Publicis to situate many employees on the same floor while avoiding the appearance of an insurance company.