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New York City's zoning regulations allowed a building of up to 249,242 sq ft (23,155.3 m 2) on the site, of which up to 138,468 sq ft (12,864.1 m 2) could be used as apartments. [ 12 ] In 2011, Kay Development bought the site for $41.17 million. [ 12 ]
The "Leaning Tower of Patchogue", a nickname given to the former PD Tower at the LIRR station in Patchogue, New York; it was demolished in 2006; The Leaning Tower of Britten, in Groom, Texas; The Leaning Tower of Dallas in Dallas, Texas, a now demolished core of a 11-story building that remained erect but slightly leaning after a building ...
The Copper (formerly known as American Copper Buildings and 626 First Avenue) are a pair of luxury residential skyscrapers in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The buildings were developed by JDS Development and were designed by SHoP Architects [1] with interiors by SHoP and K&Co. [3] The buildings are one of several ...
The history of skyscrapers in New York City began with the construction of the Equitable Life, Western Union, and Tribune buildings in the early 1870s. These relatively short early skyscrapers, sometimes referred to as "preskyscrapers" or "protoskyscrapers", included features such as a steel frame and elevators—then-new innovations that were used in the city's later skyscrapers.
111 West 57th Street, also known as Steinway Tower, is a supertall residential skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, United States.Developed by JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, it is situated along Billionaires' Row on the north side of 57th Street near Sixth Avenue.
1211 Avenue of the Americas, also known as the News Corp. Building, is an International Style skyscraper on Sixth Avenue in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Formerly called the Celanese Building , it was completed in 1973 as part of the later Rockefeller Center expansion (1960s–1970s) dubbed the "XYZ Buildings" .
[9] [11] The building was dedicated on October 12, 1977. [12] [13] As part of Citicorp Center's construction, a new building for the site's previous occupant, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, was erected at the site's northwest corner; by agreement, it was supposed to be separate from the main tower.
View of 56 Leonard Street from Franklin St in Tribeca. 56 Leonard Street (known colloquially as the Jenga Building [2] or Jenga Tower [3]) is an 821 ft-tall (250 m), 57-story [1] skyscraper on Leonard Street in the neighborhood of Tribeca in Manhattan, New York City.