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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
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I was in NYC a few years ago, and saw Steinway Tower being built. It is bizarrely narrow in person. The thing is over 1/4 mile tall.
Interesting, this image says it's only 57' wide, but as it tapers on the way up, is that an average or the top or the bottom or ....
It's weird that so many floors are "skipped"
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The building has two components. Warren and Wetmore's original Steinway Hall, at the base of the development, is topped by a 1,428 ft (435 m) tower designed by SHoP Architects. According to documents filed by SHoP Architects principal Gregg Pasquarelli, the roof slab of the tower is 1,257.5 feet (383.3 m) above ground level while the pinnacle is 1,423.58 feet (433.91 m) above ground. The building contains 84 stories above ground level or 85 including the roof slab. The top story is numbered as floor 91, while floor numbers 5–7, 13, and 21–25 are skipped.[a] The tallest habitable story of the tower is 1,134 feet (346 m) above ground level. There is also a sub-cellar and cellar, used primarily for utilities and storage.
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