As you enter the Brooklyn Bridge, turn around and you will see an amazing view of this building, along with the Woolworth Building and One World Trade Center. This 76-story skyscraper, Gehry's only other NYC work, was the world's tallest residential building upon completion, an honor that 432 Park uptown since took. Heading east from there, you will find New York by Gehry (aka, 8 Spruce Street), right near the East River. Due to its unique shape, it has been dubbed by locals and the media as the 'Jenga building'. 56 Leonard is a 821-ft (250 m) tall, 57-story condo building. Heading downtown now, we find a massive residential tower in trendy TriBeCa, which has already become an icon of the downtown skyline. Sitting atop the original Hearst HQ (completed in 1928), this decade-old skyscraper was designed by Norman Foster, best known for London's 'Gherkin' tower. It has already won lots of architectural praise.Ī little further east, near Columbus Circle, at W. It is a residential building rising 467 ft (142 m) and 35 stories tall. The building's design is referred to as a pyramid or a tetrahedron. It sits right next to the West Side Highway. It will be the tallest building by roof height in the US, surpassing Chicago's Willis Tower.įurther uptown, the Bjarke Ingels Group has already completed a major project, known as VIA 57 West. though the latter will remain the tallest residential building, as this one will be mixed-use. point Glazed facade Grid Rectangle Enclosed Classification Household Real. At a proposed height of 1,550 feet (472m), it will be taller than 432 Park. High-rise Architecture Town Building Facade Window Deserted House (Residential. the so-called Central Park Tower (aka, the Nordstrom Tower), on W. Next up is another behemoth in early stages of construction. As part of the project, developers are promising to add new access and connections to Grand Central. When completed in a few years, it will be NYC's third-tallest building, at a height of 1,401 feet (427 m). One block north of Grand Central Terminal, One Vanderbilt is just beginning to be built. The next biggest change is still at foundation level. It has become a controversial symbol of New York becoming, as former mayor Michael Bloomberg said, 'a luxury product'. Due to both its massive height, and thin frame, the window grid & interior space of 2 floors between every 12 occupied floors are left open to allow wind to pass through (to prevent swaying). It is the second-tallest building in NYC (only One WTC is taller), and is currently the tallest residential in the world. You may have seen it while near Central Park it is the very tall and thin behemoth towering over its puny neighbors. 432 Park Avenue, completed just over a year ago, topped out at 1,396 ft (425.5 m). Next is the biggest addition to the skyline.

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