Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
740 Eighth Avenue, also known as The Torch, [1] is a supertall hotel skyscraper under construction in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, designed by ODA Architecture.It is planned to reach a height of 1,067 feet (325.1 meters) and originally expected to be completed in 2027.
The Big Bend is a proposed megatall skyscraper for Billionaires' Row in Midtown Manhattan. The skyscraper, which was designed by the New York architecture firm Oiio Studio in 2017, would be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at 2,000 feet (610 m) if it were built. Reception to the proposal has been mixed.
The proposal required approval from the state and city governments of New York, though no final agreement had been signed. [8] [9] Before the developers could construct the skyscraper, they had to buy out Hyatt's lease, which ran through 2077. [8] [10] At the time, the developers planned to close the hotel permanently after the end of 2020. [10]
The 93-story, 1,066 foot-tall residential building in Downtown Brooklyn — which is the borough’s first supertall skyscraper — unveiled the first look at its forthcoming Sky Park to CNN, a ...
The 50- and 60-story residential towers, meanwhile, nod to the modernist New York City buildings of the 1950s and 1960s thanks to their striped glass and aluminum facades.
262 Fifth Avenue is a residential skyscraper under construction on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. Five Points Development is developing the building, which is being developed by Boris Kuzinez and designed by architectural firm Meganom. SLCE Architects is the executive architect. The structure is 860 feet (260 m) high, with 26 ...
270 Park Avenue, also known as the JPMorgan Chase Building, is a supertall skyscraper on the East Side of the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.Designed by the firm of Foster + Partners, the skyscraper is expected to rise 1,388 feet (423 m) when completed in 2025.
The first supertall skyscraper to be completed was the Chrysler Building in New York City in 1930, which was 319 meters (1,047 feet) tall. [6] This was followed a year later by the Empire State Building , which rose to a height of 381 meters (1,250 feet).