How does a 131-story building fit into New York City? JDavidsonNYC spoke with the architects of Central Park Tower
Central Park Tower. Photo: Courtesy of M18 When Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street officially tops out at 1,550 feet on September 17, it will become New York’s tallest building. It has already transformed the skyline, paired with the 1,428-foot residential needle on the next block at 111 West 57th. I recently toured the construction site with the building’s two Chicago architects, Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill.
J.D.: So is a super-tall skyscraper fundamentally different from a plain old high-rise, or is it just a bigger version of the same thing? G.G.: The standards in New York are very high and so are the expectations. That leads to delicate detail and a lot of attention paid to where the columns are, the size of the glass, the proportions of the rooms, the acoustic isolation. It’s not a loose design.
G.G.: A building has to speak to you from the street, from the middle, and from the skyline. So that conversation on the skyline is between us, the Chrysler Building, the Empire State Building, and all the other iconic symbols of the city. We hope that this building will participate in that dialogue, not just because of its height but because of its character.
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