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Looking at this thing makes my head spin. How the F*CK do they build something so tall and be safe!? It boggles my mind. Absolutely stunning architecture. Pretty cool. Being born and raised on the beach in So. Cal. I could never even imagine living in a sky scraper. So alien.
A bevy of super-tall, glossy skyscrapers is rising along New York City's Billionaires' Row, an area south of Central Park that's home to some of the most expensive real estate in the city.
There's Central Park Tower, which recently became the tallest residential building in the world. Then there's 220 Central Park South, which broke real-estate records when billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin paid $238 million for a spread of condos. Both towers are expected to be finished sometime in 2020.
And now, nearing completion is 111 West 57th Street, which has the distinction of being the world's most slender skyscraper. The 1,428-foot tower is 24 times taller than it is wide and has only one residence per floor.
The skinny skyscraper, which was developed by JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners, is expected to welcome its first residents in the summer of 2020.
Take a look inside the first finished condo at the world's most slender skyscraper.
Steinway Tower, a super-tall, super-skinny tower at 111 West 57th Street in New York City, is the most slender tower in the world, according to the developers.
The 1,428-foot tower is 24 times taller than it is wide.
According to New York's Skyscraper Museum, a tower's slenderness is based on the width of the base compared to the height of the building.
"A tower can be very tall, but not slender, and it can be slender without being very tall," reads the museum's website.
The 91-story skyscraper is in an area called Billionaires' Row, home to some of the city's most expensive real estate. Billionaire buyers like Ken Griffin, Michael Dell, and Liu Yiqian have picked up multimillion-dollar condos in the glossy towers rising in the neighborhood.
111 West 57th Street sits adjacent the historic Steinway Hall, which was built by the piano company Steinway & Sons and opened in 1925.
While building the luxury skyscraper atop Steinway Hall, developers have also done a thorough restoration of the interior and exterior of the historic building.
The first finished condo in Steinway Tower is a 4,500-square-foot, three-bedroom unit on the 43rd floor — about halfway up the building — with its own private elevator entrance. While it's not currently for sale, a three-bedroom of the same size on the 44th floor is listed for $29.5 million.
When it's finished, Steinway Tower will offer residents amenities that include a 24-hour doorman and concierge, an 82-foot swimming pool, and an expansive shared outdoor terrace.
Gregg Pasquarelli, founder of SHoP Architects, which designed the building, said at the press preview that their goal was to create a building that was "uniquely New York and absolutely modern and forward-thinking, but has the DNA of the New York skyscraper embedded in it."
"It's the quintessential tower designed and built by New Yorkers," Pasquarelli said.
The tower's terracotta and bronze exterior does differentiate it from the sleek glassy surfaces of the other new skyscrapers on Billionaires' Row.
But while the skyscraper's facade and super-tall, super-skinny silhouette are certainly unusual, I can't say that my tour of its first condo felt too different from another Billionaires' Row apartment I've visited.
Earlier this year, I toured a full-floor residence at nearby 157 West 57th Street that was listed for $58.5 million and found that the standout feature was the view of the park. Steinway Tower has basically the same draw, only slightly more symmetrical — a fact the developers made sure to emphasize during the press event.
Pasquarelli says the building is "uniquely New York." As a New Yorker, I have to say I'd rather live closer to the ground in a diverse neighborhood than 1,000 feet high in the clouds in Midtown, surrounded by the absent millionaires and billionaires that make up so many of the buyers on Billionaires' Row.
A bevy of super-tall, glossy skyscrapers is rising along New York City's Billionaires' Row, an area south of Central Park that's home to some of the most expensive real estate in the city.
There's Central Park Tower, which recently became the tallest residential building in the world. Then there's 220 Central Park South, which broke real-estate records when billionaire hedge fund manager Ken Griffin paid $238 million for a spread of condos. Both towers are expected to be finished sometime in 2020.
And now, nearing completion is 111 West 57th Street, which has the distinction of being the world's most slender skyscraper. The 1,428-foot tower is 24 times taller than it is wide and has only one residence per floor.
The skinny skyscraper, which was developed by JDS Development Group, Property Markets Group, and Spruce Capital Partners, is expected to welcome its first residents in the summer of 2020.
Take a look inside the first finished condo at the world's most slender skyscraper.
Steinway Tower, a super-tall, super-skinny tower at 111 West 57th Street in New York City, is the most slender tower in the world, according to the developers.
The 1,428-foot tower is 24 times taller than it is wide.
According to New York's Skyscraper Museum, a tower's slenderness is based on the width of the base compared to the height of the building.
"A tower can be very tall, but not slender, and it can be slender without being very tall," reads the museum's website.
The 91-story skyscraper is in an area called Billionaires' Row, home to some of the city's most expensive real estate. Billionaire buyers like Ken Griffin, Michael Dell, and Liu Yiqian have picked up multimillion-dollar condos in the glossy towers rising in the neighborhood.
111 West 57th Street sits adjacent the historic Steinway Hall, which was built by the piano company Steinway & Sons and opened in 1925.
While building the luxury skyscraper atop Steinway Hall, developers have also done a thorough restoration of the interior and exterior of the historic building.
The first finished condo in Steinway Tower is a 4,500-square-foot, three-bedroom unit on the 43rd floor — about halfway up the building — with its own private elevator entrance. While it's not currently for sale, a three-bedroom of the same size on the 44th floor is listed for $29.5 million.
When it's finished, Steinway Tower will offer residents amenities that include a 24-hour doorman and concierge, an 82-foot swimming pool, and an expansive shared outdoor terrace.
Gregg Pasquarelli, founder of SHoP Architects, which designed the building, said at the press preview that their goal was to create a building that was "uniquely New York and absolutely modern and forward-thinking, but has the DNA of the New York skyscraper embedded in it."
"It's the quintessential tower designed and built by New Yorkers," Pasquarelli said.
The tower's terracotta and bronze exterior does differentiate it from the sleek glassy surfaces of the other new skyscrapers on Billionaires' Row.
But while the skyscraper's facade and super-tall, super-skinny silhouette are certainly unusual, I can't say that my tour of its first condo felt too different from another Billionaires' Row apartment I've visited.
Earlier this year, I toured a full-floor residence at nearby 157 West 57th Street that was listed for $58.5 million and found that the standout feature was the view of the park. Steinway Tower has basically the same draw, only slightly more symmetrical — a fact the developers made sure to emphasize during the press event.
Pasquarelli says the building is "uniquely New York." As a New Yorker, I have to say I'd rather live closer to the ground in a diverse neighborhood than 1,000 feet high in the clouds in Midtown, surrounded by the absent millionaires and billionaires that make up so many of the buyers on Billionaires' Row.
