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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.
The Big Bend. 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.
JPMorgan Chase Building270 Park Avenue. 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 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 ...
740 Eighth Avenue. 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 is expected to be completed in 2027. [2] The 56-story building will incorporate a 260-foot drop ...
15 Penn Plaza, also known as PENN15 and Vornado Tower, is a planned supertall office tower to be constructed by Vornado Realty Trust on Seventh Avenue between 32nd and 33rd Streets in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The building, designed by Foster and Partners, will contain 430 units on 61 floors and 2,050,000 square feet ...
List of supertall skyscrapers. The 118-storey, 599 m (1,965 ft) Ping An International Finance Centre in Shenzhen, China, is the tallest building in the 300-599 meter "supertall" class. According to the CTBUH, a supertall building is defined as a building between 300 and 599 m (984 and 1,965 ft) in height. [1][2][3][4][5]
Roof. 1,000 ft (300 m) Technical details. Floor count. Unknown. 360 Tenth Avenue is a proposed supertall office skyscraper in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It is expected to be 1,000 ft (300 m) tall and contain 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m 2) of Class A office space. Construction is expected to commence in 2024.