#2 Central Park Tower

• “Supertall” residential skyscraper, #2 tallest in New York City
• The tallest residential building in the world.
• ​The highest roofline in the US (higher roof level than One World Trade Center)
• Although the actual floor count is 95, it is being marketed with a floor count of 131, which takes into account the higher ceiling heights of the retail and mechanical levels.
• Central Park Tower is also known as the Nordstrom Tower: a flagship 7-story Nordstrom store sits at the base of the tower, with a hotel above and the condos occupying the higher levels.
• The tower will house 179 of the most exclusive homes in the world.
• The least expensive unit is a 569-square-foot studio that is listed at just over $1.5 million.
• A duplex at over 1,300 feet in the sky is available for $150 million. (14 rooms, 11,535 ft², $13,003 per ft²)
• 179 apartments have a combined value of more than 4 billion, making it the most expensive condo project in the US history
• Architecture firm: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

#3 111 W 57th Street

• Alternative names: The Steinway Tower or Stairway to Heaven
•  It has 60 luxury condominiums: 14 in Steinway Hall and 46 in the tower. 
• 84-story, 1,428-foot tower designed by SHoP Architects
• The 16-story Steinway Hall, designed in the 1920s by Warren and Wetmore, is preserved at the base of the skyscraper.
• The skinniest in the world with a width to height ratio of 1:24.
• The tower units are mostly three-bedroom apartments each occupying one full floor except for seven duplex units.
• The 8 rooms duplex is on sale for $66 million.

#4 One Vanderbilt

• The Tallest Office Tower in Midtown
• It dwarfs the Chrysler Building by almost 400 ft 
• One Vanderbilt will have an indoor/outdoor observation deck, The Summit, at over 1,000-feet in elevation
• Famous chef-restaurateur Daniel Boulud opened restaurant, Le Pavillon, on the southeast corner of the second floor. The restaurant has 60-foot ceiling heights, giving the diners a view of the Chrysler building.
• In addition to the two newly built street-level and subway entrances, it will feature a new 4,000-square-foot public transit hall and adjacent 14,000-square-foot pedestrian plaza.
• Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, KPF is one of the largest architecture firms in New York City

#5 432 Park Avenue

• In 2014 it was the tallest residential building in New York City and the Western Hemisphere.
• It was the first of its kind: an skinny residential skyscraper
• The building features double-height windowless mechanical ‘blow-through’ floors that are brilliantly illuminated at night.
• Architect Rafael Viñoly

#6 30 Hudson Yards

• It is the a part of the largest private real estate development in US history with the price tag of $25 billion
• Observation deck on the building’s 75th floor juts out more than 1,000 feet (305 m) above the city
• The Edge is highest outdoor observation deck in the Western Hemisphere.
• Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)

#7 Empire State Building

• Height: 1,250′ (381 m) 
• Total Height: 1,454 feet or 443.2m to top of lightning rod
• Floors: 102/103
• Steps: 1,872 from street level to the 103rd floor
• Windows: 6,514
• Elevators: 73, including six freight elevators
• The Empire State Building took only one year and 45 days to build (410 days)
• The Empire State Building Run-Up is an annual race up the stairs to the 86th floor (1,576 steps)
• There are observatories on both the 86th and 102nd floors. They attract around 4 million visitors annually.

#10 53W53

•  A “supertall” skyscraper at 53 West 53rd Street adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
• The building is mixed-use, with MoMA gallery space and a private restaurant at the base. 
• The residential portion of the tower contains 145 condominiums ranging from one to five bedrooms.
• As a result of the building’s shape, each floor has a different shape and higher floors are incrementally smaller.
• Designed by French architect Jean Nouvel

One57

•  75-story “supertall” residential skyscraper
• The building has 92 condominium units on top of a new Park Hyatt Hotel
• It was the first ultra-luxury condominium tower along a stretch of 57th Street called Billionaires’ Row.
• Designed by Christian de Portzamparc. 

Madison Square Park Tower

• The base is built from granite in order to resemble other buildings in the Flatiron District.
• Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox

The Time Warner Center (Deutsche Bank Center)

• It was the most expensive single building planted in American soil at time of construction in 2003.
• The cost of construction was $1.8 billion
• The property had the highest-listed market value in New York City, $1.1 billion in 2006.
• It encircles the western side of Columbus Circle and straddles the border between Midtown and the UWS.
• Multipurpose building with offices, condominiums, upscale retail shops
• It houses Mandarin Oriental, Dizzy’s Club, Whole Foods
• Upper floors include the restaurants Masa, Per Se and Porter House New York.
• Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (David M. Childs)

Twin Towers

• The North Tower stood over a quarter-mile tall at 1,368 ft (417 m).
• The South Tower stood over a quarter-mile tall at 1,362 ft (415 m).
• Each of the Twin Towers had 110 floors.
• Each tower’s footprint and floors were approximately an acre in size.
• On windy days, each tower could sway up to almost 12 inches side to side.
• There were 43,600 windows in the Twin Towers, equating to more than 600,000 square feet of glass. It took 20 days to wash them all.
• There were 198 elevators in the Twin Towers and 15 miles of elevator shafts.