Steinway Tower has basically the same draw, only slightly more symmetrical - a fact the developers made sure to emphasize during the press event. The tower's terracotta and bronze exterior does differentiate it from the sleek glassy surfaces of the other new skyscrapers on Billionaires' Row.īut 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.Įarlier last 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. Located in New York and rising from within a landmarked building. "It's the quintessential tower designed and built by New Yorkers," Pasquarelli said. Witness the construction of the skinniest skyscraper ever to make it off the drawing board. Sold to an international buyer who only viewed it virtually.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." The penthouse also includes four bedrooms, five baths, 14-foot (4-meter) ceilings and a private elevator. The cheapest studio apartment in Steinway Tower will set you back $7.75 million, with prices rising to more than $66 million for the penthouse – a three-story, 7,130-square-foot (662-square-meter) apartment connected by an oval staircase. Construction on the 84-floor tower began in 2013 and the building, with 60 apartments total, began welcoming residents in April 2022. The Steinway Tower is the slimmest skyscraper. Steinway Tower, so-called because it's built above the famed Steinway & Sons piano company headquarters, cost $2 billion to build and is in a high-rent district, smack-dab in the middle of the southern end of Central Park, a stretch of ultra-luxury real estate, aptly nicknamed "Billionaires Row." It was designed by SHoP Architects, a New York-based architecture firm, and built by JDS Development, Property Markets Group and Spruce Capital Partners. This skyscraper, located at 111 West 57th Street in New York City, is not like any other structure on the street. Only two other skyscrapers in New York City – One World Trade Center, which stands at 1,776 feet (541 meters) tall, and Central Park Tower, which is 1,550 feet (472 meters) tall, are taller. If you're having trouble imagining how wide the building is, think of it this way: It's just 6 inches (15 centimeters) shorter than the distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate in a major league baseball game. The building stands 1,428 feet (435 meters) tall but is no more than 60 feet (18 meters) wide, giving it a width ratio of 24:1. It currently holds the enviable title of the world's skinniest skyscraper. Witness the construction of the skinniest skyscraper ever to make it off the drawing board. We're referring to Steinway Tower, located at 111 West 57th Street. It’s officially called the Steinway Tower, but local people refer to it as the Coffee Stirrer, because it is very tall and very. Witness the Manhattan skyline where it's not just height but width (or the lack of it) that's causing jaws to drop. It’s New York’s newest skyscraper, which is now ready for habitation.
For whatever reason, marketing maybe, we've equated height with accomplishment. (OK, maybe that last one's a stretch, but long and skinny was the surefire way to sell a cigarette back in the day.) Anyway. What is it about being tall and thin that seems to reek of prestige? Don't believe it? Consider the anecdotal evidence. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The luxury condominium building stands at 1,428 feet (435 meters) tall, and has 84 floors, making it one of the largest buildings in the western hemisphere, and the third tallest in New York City. Steinway Tower, the world's skinniest skyscraper, opened to residents in April 2022 in New York City.
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