The construction of 111 West 57th Street, the narrowest residential skyscraper on the planet (24 times taller than wide), is coming to an end and the commercialization of its luxurious apartments has revealed what will be the most expensive in New York City. The Triplex Park Loggia Penthouse 72 cost 66 million dollars.
111west 57th street west, New York. Lately in New York there is more talk of this direction than of Trump and the coronavirus combined. The reason? The end of construction work on the thinnest building in the world and also the tallest in the Western Hemisphere. In fact, its 84 floors exceed the Empire State by 30 meters. After almost 7 years, and a cost of 800 million dollars, the tower has been crowned and its luxury apartments have become a claim for investors and millionaires. The 435-meter-high luxury skyscraper is 24 times taller than it is wide, and “its narrowness” means that it only allows one residence per floor.
Also known as the building Steinway Tower, 111 West 57th Street has been cantilevered over the historic building Steinway Hall, originally erected in 1925 and which housed concert halls and piano showrooms for the famous Steinway & Sons.
In 2013, Steinway Hall was sold to the developers of 111 West 57th Street in 2013 and SHoP Architects, the new promoters of the project, decided to absorb it, restore it and keep it as an entry point for residents.
The location of this pencil-thin skyscraper, between 6th and 7th avenues, is remarkable for its proximity to such New York places as the Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall, Museum of Modern Art, the commercial districts of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street (known as Billionaires Row for being the area of the super rich investors who are driving the construction of residential towers).
Online shop
A curious fact in this time of crisis caused by the coronavirus is that some of the first buyers are acquiring the houses with virtual visits. This new normal presents all the details of the tower online and has now just announced the sale of two new residences, with huge covered terraces. Between the two, they reach the sales figure of 105.5 million dollars.
The first is a triplex penthouse called “Triplex Park Loggia Penthouse 72”, with spectacular views of Central Park and, to date, the most expensive in the building. Its price is 66 million dollars, it has an area of 662 m2 and its interior design has been carried out by the prestigious studio Sofield. With four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a toilet in total, as well as a fully equipped kitchen with top-of-the-line Gaggenau appliances, from the convection and steam ovens to the coffee machine. The master bedroom on the third floor features two walk-in closets and two baths with veined white nix flooring and brass fixtures. The floors of the house are solid oak in a gray tone. It also has 127 m2 of outdoor porch.
The second apartment that is sold, already finished, is a duplex, the Tower Residence 50, of 39.5 million dollars and a design very similar to the triplex. Its interior surface is 418m2; however, its outdoor area is 185m2.
Unrivaled views
From its top you can see the bright lights of JFK airport and both these residences and all those that make up the very slim tower are aligned in perfect symmetry with the axis of Central Park, offering future residents a symmetrical view of this iconic green public space, the Upper East Side y el Upper West Side. On the first five floors are located common leisure areas, a lap pool, spa with sauna, steam and treatment rooms, gym, meeting rooms and private dining room with outdoor terrace, plus luxury shops and exclusive concierge.
But if this Art Deco skyscraper of Manhattan it has become so popular it is because of the exquisite work it has done SHoP Architects, those responsible for the project. They have taken care of all the details; for example, they have used, for the east and west facades, near 43,000 glazed terracotta tiles high technology because it is very current in modern buildings that are beginning to renounce cold materials such as perforated aluminum in favor of warm ones.
Thus, glazed terracotta pillars meander across its immense façade adding a milky exterior texture that melts and contracts as the light arches over Manhattan. Susan Tunick, New York ceramicist and terracotta expert, says: “For a long time, terracotta was used to look like granite, wood or glass and now it is reused as is because it looks good, ages well and is easy to use. The old buildings prove it. ” The north façade, for its part, takes advantage of the skyscraper’s proximity to Central Park and its incredible views to leave a glass curtain wall.
However, the building has also been the focus of polemics since construction began in early 2014. Union protests, lawsuits from a former equity partner, a foreclosure, and the indictment of the project’s general contractor for fraud, wage garnishment … until, after significant cost overruns and delays, The tower’s concrete formwork was completed in April 2019, and has now been completed, ending the disputes.
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