Taslk about your skinny buildings in Manhattan (buy, design)

[nybbler]

Originally Posted by brianNYC92

This skinny building probably won't break when a hurricane hits, but I'm pretty sure you will feel the building "move" on the upper floors.

I expect they'll have an active damper system to cut that down.

[MikeNigh]

Don't the elevators get clogged in buildings like this? These buildings must literally have rush hours. How is it luxury to have to stop more than a dozen times each time you go in or leave?

[Arxis28]

People who live here do not have a 9-5, will probably not be living there full-time, and there are only 100 apartments.

[Kefir King]

Originally Posted by rlrl

did you ever see the "Superfinger" on 8th Avenue and 48th street? that's a classic example

Yes indeed. I think that is a LOT narrower than 60 feet.

Hell's Needle:

It has a needlelike tower rising above a 23-foot-8-inch-wide street
front.

[barkomatic]

I kinda like the renderings of this building. The tall, super skinny design give it a very futuristic look. I'm looking forward to seeing it on the skyline.

[11KAP]

really?

[Kefir King]

There's an ugly side to this sliver-tower...about an acre of raw concrete on the North side.

[Thehouse]

Sorry guys, but im just thinking about the task lugging furniture and such up to the top floor. Even with elevator, its still going to be a beeeech

[GoHuskies]

Originally Posted by MikeNigh

Don't the elevators get clogged in buildings like this? These buildings must literally have rush hours. How is it luxury to have to stop more than a dozen times each time you go in or leave?

Of of my friends resides in a luxury high rise around 42nd and 9th and half the units are owned by non-US citizens as a secondary business or vacation address. His building only has two elevators that reach the top floors and it has never been an issue any time I've been visiting.

[Amisi]

Don't most luxury buildings have several elevators? The building my friend lives in has 4 so no one really has to "wait" for an elevator or stop at numerous floors on the way down