"Every skyscraper has to move," Mr Pasquarelli said. The oldest of 3 observation decks in New York City is situated on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, completed in 1931. The complex however is so skinny at the top that whenever the wind ramps up, the luxury homes on the upper floors sway around by a few metres. Highlights: uninterrupted view of the Financial District. views from top all around NYC.NYC's 2nd highest reside. It's located just south of Central Park, along a stretch of Manhattan's 57th Street known as 'Billionaires' Row'.Īt 435 metres, the building is the second-tallest residential tower in New York, second to the nearby Central Park Tower at 470 metres.įor comparison, the world's tallest tower is Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which stands at 828 metres. 360 View from PH 82 of skyscraper 111 West 57th st, Steinway building. The 60 apartments in the tower range cost well above the million-dollar mark with the cheapest going from $US18 million ($25.9 million) but offer 360-degree views of the city. "The most slender buildings in the world are mostly in Hong Kong, and they're around 17- or 18-to-1." "1-to-15 or more is considered exotic and really difficult to do. A new super-tall, glossy skyscrapers is rising along New York Citys Billionaires Row, an area south of Central Park thats home to some of the most expensi. "Any time it's 1-to-10 or more that's considered a slender building" SHoP Architects founding principal Gregg Pasquarelli said. The 84-storey residential Steinway Tower, designed by New York architecture firm SHoP Architects, has the title of "most slender skyscraper in the world" thanks to its logic-defying ratio of width to height: 1-to-23 1/2.
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