You couldn’t get me in there!

“The world's skinniest skyscraper is ready to throw open its doors to customers with fat wallets after squeezing itself into the ever-spiking New York City skyline.

The 84-story Steinway Tower, or 111 West 57th Street, sits on Billionaires' Row in midtown Manhattan at approximately 1,428 feet tall - but just 57 feet wide.

The luxury building has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, developers confirmed to CNN Style, making it both the 'most slender skyscraper in the world' and one of the tallest buildings in the Western Hemisphere…”

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$7.75 million for a studio!

That penthouse is amazing.

Quite the amazing and beautiful place. Pretty crazy to think a lifetimes salary wouldn’t fetch me the penthouse.

I would happily inhabit the penthouse if I was able to.

Now way that can be safe in a high wind. Not this kid! (I don't have the money, or the desire to live in NYC, anyway.)

flashguy

Nope. I have spent several nights on the 54th floor of a hotel, and ate (one time) at a restaurant that was on the 73rd floor.
Not again.

PC

Looking at this from another angle, can you think of a worse time to be opening up this building?

That thing makes me queasy just to look at it. I have no desire to stand near it, much less live in it. Thankfully at my income level, that won't ever be a concern !

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Looking at this from another angle, can you think of a worse time to be opening up this building?

Why would it be a bad time?

There would be no shortage of people who can afford it; and the people in that wealth bracket aren't affected by the "economy".

There must be another angle I'm missing?

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Originally posted by Aeteocles:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
Looking at this from another angle, can you think of a worse time to be opening up this building?

Why would it be a bad time?

There would be no shortage of people who can afford it; and the people in that wealth bracket aren't affected by the "economy".

There must be another angle I'm missing?

Why would anybody, regardless their income level, buy into a city that's suffering death throws right now? The NYC economy sucks, buildings across the city are showing huge vacancy rates, businesses are struggling and many employees are working from home rather than in the city, and crime is rampant. So what would be the big draw to live downtown right now?

Sticks out like a sore thumb next to the park like that.

I'm curious about the elevator situation. What volume of the interior space is taken up by elevator shafts?

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
Quite the amazing and beautiful place. Pretty crazy to think a lifetimes salary wouldn’t fetch me the penthouse.
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I’d bet that the monthly HOA fees are eye-watering too.

YGBFKM. Every time you turn around, you have to turn around. And how do you keep that bastard balanced, anyway?

I’m an outlier. Every time I’ve been to NYC I couldn’t leave soon enough.

Big deal is correct as well. NYC is suffering through some big painful shifts. There was a time anyone would kill to live there. Same for places like San Francisco. Now there is a strong argument to sit on the sidelines and see how the general dynamics work out.

Big city life post covid isn’t the big draw it used to be.

Where are the guy wires?

Penthouse: immediate thought: pole-sitting.

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Thats been the trend the last 20-years, super-slim spires. 432 Park luxury tower was getting all the press/photography love for awhile, looks like this things will steal some of that attention.

Years ago I was in the rotating rooftop Hyatt Embarcadero restaurant in San Francisco. And even though I was accustomed to earthquake temblors, the sway of the building while at the top gave you the feeling it was going over.

No thanks, I’m fine closer to earth.

That structure goes against all logic. How the hell does it stand up? The shear stress at the base must be astronomical.

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Originally posted by NavyGuy:
That structure goes against all logic. How the hell does it stand up? The shear stress at the base must be astronomical.

Do you think it's defying the laws of physics and the principles of structural engineering design?