The recently completed skinniest skyscraper in the world named Steinway Tower, which is located in Manhattan, New York, has added a new landmark to the city’s famous skyline.
The tower has a height-to-width ratio of 24:1. At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western Hemisphere, falling short of two others in New York City, according to a CNN report. The midtown Manhattan development includes 60 apartments spanning the tower’s 84 stories and the adjacent Steinway Hall building.
It was designed by New York architecture firm SHoP Architects and built by JDS Development, Property Markets Group and Spruce Capital Partners, which began construction in 2013. Gregg Pasquarelli, principal at SHoP Architects, called the building “a project of extraordinary proportions and epic grandeur”.
