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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.
80 South Street was a proposed residential skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City, that had been planned in the early 21st century.The original proposal for the skyscraper, released in 2003, was designed by renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and was canceled in 2008 as a result of a declining real-estate market.
5 World Trade Center (5 WTC; also referred to as 130 Liberty Street) [2] is a planned skyscraper at the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York City.The site is across Liberty Street, to the south of the main 16-acre (6.5 ha) World Trade Center site.
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.
A luxury high rise apartment building in New York City caught fire Thursday morning. Video captures smoke billowing over Manhattan after apartment building catches fire in NYC Skip to main content
The New York City Police Department has advised the following streets are still closed after this morning’s crane fire and collapse. 10 Avenue - CLOSED between West 39 Street- West 42 Street
The following is a list of fires in high-rise buildings.A skyscraper fire or high-rise fire is a class of structural fire specific to tall buildings.Skyscraper fires are technically challenging for fire departments: they require unusually high degrees of organization and cooperation between participating firefighting units to contain and extinguish.
NEW YORK (AP) — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center. Though buildings that can reach above 100 stories might seem especially vulnerable to earthquakes, engineering experts say skyscrapers are built with enough flexibility to withstand moderate ...