14 votes

Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich

Posted by EightRoundsRapid
Tags: architecture, urban planning, skyscrapers, usa.ny.nyc, cities, wealth, author.oliver wainwright, source.the guardian, long read
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/05/super-tall-super-skinny-super-expensive-the-pencil-towers-of-new-yorks-super-rich

Link information

This data is scraped automatically and may be incorrect.

Authors
Oliver Wainwright
Published
Feb 5 2019
Word count
3673 words

3 comments

  1. azulez
    Link
    I hate these skinnytalls. Spent some time directly across from One, it was just spooky. Hearing about the big voids of 'mechanical space' is kind of annoying as well. At least I'm sure the view...

    I hate these skinnytalls. Spent some time directly across from One, it was just spooky. Hearing about the big voids of 'mechanical space' is kind of annoying as well. At least I'm sure the view will be nice for the .0000001%.

    7 votes
  2. Nitta
    Link
    They are almost surreal, so thin they are. Interesting from the engineering standpoint.

    They are almost surreal, so thin they are. Interesting from the engineering standpoint.

    3 votes
  3. Thrabalen
    Link
    As stronger, lighter materials are discovered (the expense isn't going to be an issue for these uber-towers), the game is going to change rapidly.

    As stronger, lighter materials are discovered (the expense isn't going to be an issue for these uber-towers), the game is going to change rapidly.

    1 vote