#Steinway Tower

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The World's Skinniest Skyscraper

The designers behind the world's skinniest skyscraper have just given fans of ultra-luxury living an early Christmas gift.

New York-based firm Studio Sofield has unveiled the interiors of Steinway Tower, the newly constructed 1,428-foot-tall tower overlooking Central Park. The announcement marks the completion of the opulent midtown Manhattan landmark, which was built on a site once occupied by the historic Steinway & Sons piano company.

The 91-story skyscraper, also known as 111 West 57th Street, contains 46 full-floor and duplex residences. Photos released this month by the designers show opulent lobbies decked out in limestone, marble, blackened steel and velvet, floors paved in smoke-gray solid oak and original artworks by Picasso and Matisse.

According to Studio Sofield, Steinway Tower's interiors were designed to evoke the grandeur of New York's Gilded Age, a period in the late 19th century when the city's boulevards were lined with the stately mansions of robber barons like Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It sits on a Midtown street, filled with gleaming towers, that has become known as "Billionaire's Row."

Studio Sofield's founder, William Sofield, said he wanted to make the tower feel unmistakably New York.

"We've all been to very luxurious places, but I wanted to create a building that could not be anywhere else in the world," he said. "I know so many people might have multiple homes, who will have apartments here. And I wanted to create a very distinct experience that could only be had in New York."

A record feat

Elsewhere, the building's interiors include an 82-foot swimming pool housed in a light-filled room featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and a row of Kentia palms. There's also a modern take on New York's legendary King Cole Bar, complete with an ornamental balcony and custom gold and silver murals.

Other amenities include private dining rooms with a chef's catering kitchen, a golf simulator and a landscaped terrace.

"I always am very personal in my work," Sofield said. "So (take) the swimming pool, for example ... I didn't want it to feel like a normal swimming pool. It has wood paneling with great detailing and gold leaf details.

"It has a vaulted ceiling," he added. "It has draperies... So it's very unlike any swimming pool you would find in New York."

With a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, Steinway Tower has been described by its developers as "the most slender skyscraper in the world." The tower's facade includes blocks of terracotta, a material that appears to change color and texture when seen in different lights and from different angles.

At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, standing just short of two others in New York City: The 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center and the 1,550-foot-tall Central Park Tower.

Super-slender skyscrapers, also known as pencil towers, became standout features of the Hong Kong skyline in the 1970s. Since then, major cities such as New York have followed suit.

Residences in the Manhattan skyscraper, which was developed by the JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, range in price from $7.75 million to $66 million.

By John Blake.

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Steinway Tower (Shot 2019)

111 West 57th Luxury Condominiums, 84-story, 1,428-foot (435-meter) .

Constructed 2015 to 2022 (residential tower) 2025 (Steinway Hall)

Thinnest skyscraper in the world with a width to height ratio of about 1:23 - 1:24. 

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[dailyoverview]

111 West 57th Street is a residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, constructed between 2015 and 2021. Also known as Steinway Tower, it is the fourth-tallest building in the United States at 1,428 feet (435 m) and the world’s thinnest skyscraper with a width-to-height ratio of about 1:24. Its 84 floors contain 60 luxury condominiums.

40.764550°, -73.977650°

Source imagery: Nearmap 3D

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Il grattacielo più sottile del mondo, noto come Steinway Tower, è stato recentemente completato a New York. Situato al numero 111 della 57ª strada ovest, questo edificio iconico ridefinisce i limiti dell'ingegneria e dell'architettura. Con un'altezza di 435 metri e una larghezza di soli 18 metri, la Steinway Tower presenta un rapporto altezza/larghezza impressionante di circa 24:1, il che lo rende il grattacielo più sottile mai costruito.

L'edificio è stato progettato da ShoP Architects e sviluppato da JDS Development Group, combinando elementi classici e moderni. La facciata è rivestita in terracotta e bronzo, un omaggio allo storico Steinway Hall, una storica sala di pianoforti che occupava precedentemente il sito e che è stata preservata come parte del progetto.

Destinato ad ospitare appartamenti di lusso, Steinway Tower fa parte della serie di grattacieli lungo la Billionaire’s Row, una zona di Manhattan nota per i suoi edifici residenziali di ultra lusso. Oltre al design elegante, la torre offre spettacolari viste panoramiche su tutta la città e su Central Park.

Questo progetto è un esempio notevole della capacità dell'ingegneria moderna di creare strutture innovative e sfidanti in termini di design e costruzione, distinguendosi nell'impressionante skyline di New York.

[thefuture-tomorrow]

The world's skinniest skyscraper has just been completed at 111 West 57th Street, New York City, known as Steinway Tower, the main portion of the building is an 84-story, 1,428-foot (435-meter) tower designed by SHoP Architects and completed in 2021.

Inside a $54,600,000 Billionaires Row NYC Penthouse with Amazing City Views! (VIDEO)

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High-rises have become so ubiquitous, it’s easy to forget what a triumph it is to build even a humdrum office tower. For millennia, our ancestors inched slowly but steadily toward the clouds. Archaeologists have called the Tower of Jericho, completed about 10,000 years ago, the “super-skyscraper of its day.” It reached a grand total of 28 feet. Around 2,600 B.C., the Great Pyramid of Giza broke records when it hit 480 feet—less than half the height of the Eiffel Tower—and humans took nearly 4,000 years to go higher. (The spire of an English cathedral eventually surpassed the Great Pyramid in 1311, but only by about three floors.)

From the Tower of Jericho through the Industrial Revolution, there was basically one way to go high: stone. Traditionally, masonry walls supported a building’s weight and structure, which curtailed their height. Going taller required thicker walls, which, beyond a certain point, risked monopolizing floor space and squeezing tenants into sunless cavities. The New York World Building, briefly the city’s tallest in 1890, had some walls wider than a garbage truck.

Steel skeletons sent us higher, to mixed reviews. As skyscrapers began appearing on the New York skyline at the turn of the century—back when skyscraper meant any building with more than a dozen floors—observers warned that these buildings were a “menace to public health and safety” that would surely collapse. After a building spree in the ’70s, the urban historian Dolores Hayden criticized skyscrapers as “phallic monuments” that had been forced on cities by unchecked capitalists and stood as emblems of “architectural rape.”

And yet for as long as we’ve been finding new ways to build taller, we’ve usually felt uneasy about doing so. The biblical story of the Tower of Babel is an early example of our altitude-lust going hand in hand with regret over our hubris: After that supertall scraped the heavens, God supposedly punished humans by taking away our shared language and scattering us around the globe.

Some cities tried to restrict skyscrapers after watching them transform New York’s skyline in the early 20th century, and lots of places still have laws meant to limit buildings’ height. Bali restricts buildings to the approximate height of a lanky palm tree, and Washington, D.C., imposes a height maximum based on street width. Even China, after a two-decade supertall spree, recently imposed a height limit of sorts, outlawing the construction of buildings over 500 meters—slightly taller than the Steinway Tower outside my window.

But humans keep hungering to go higher. “Boy, it is innate in us,” says Bill Baker, a structural engineer at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill who played a key role in designing the Burj Khalifa. During the latter half of the 20th century, the record for the world’s tallest building crept up approximately 16 stories; in the past 20 years, it’s shot up nearly 90 floors. We’ve never witnessed buildings rise so much, so quickly. From high-rises, we’ve stretched to supertalls and even megatalls (double the height of a supertall), and engineers are already discussing “ultratalls” that would take us higher still. Over the past few decades, new combinations of materials like microsilica and fly ash (a residue that results from burning coal) have made concrete steroidally strong—“10 times as strong as the stuff down on the sidewalk” in some cases, Baker told me—and steel has gotten sturdier too, all of which has helped spur the supertall boom. Advances in elevator technology—such as ultra-strong, lightweight cables and algorithms that efficiently consolidate passengers—have also helped buildings stretch. But engineering advances aren’t the main reason supertalls keep growing. “It’s a message of power,” the developer Don Peebles, who in 2021 proposed a 1,600-foot tower in Midtown Manhattan, told me. “It’s not trying to blend in. It’s trying to stand out.”

The symbolism attached to height is no doubt part of what makes tall buildings so divisive. A century ago, many New York churchgoers felt a moral duty not to let offices rise over their houses of worship, whose spires had dominated the city’s skyline for decades. In 1923, rallying around a cry to “restore the cross to the skyline!,” a Methodist congregation unveiled plans for a skyscraper church that would be the tallest building in history, topped with a glowing, revolving, five-story cross. But the building never reached its full grandeur, topping out at a little more than three stories as new, taller office towers continued to overtake the skyline.

The evolution of our nation’s tallest structures can arguably be divided into three broad phases. First the tallest buildings were built in honor of deities, then commerce, and now: billionaires.

  —  The Marvels—And Mistakes—Of Supertall Skyscrapers

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Living the High Life: Jerome and Asha's Sky-High Abode in the Steinway Tower

A New York City Story of Luxury and Grandeur

6th October 2032, In the heart of Manhattan, amidst the towering skyscrapers and bustling city life, stands a beacon of architectural marvel – the Steinway Tower. This slender giant, piercing the clouds at a dizzying height, is home to Jerome and Asha, a couple who have chosen to reside in one of the most unique and luxurious apartments in the world. Their three-story abode, nestled within this iconic building, is a testament to their discerning taste and appreciation for the extraordinary.

Jerome, a renowned Founder, CEO, Marketing guru and Asha, a celebrated Founder, CFO, and author, have always sought the exceptional. Their home, a reflection of their shared passion for elegance and sophistication, is a masterpiece of modern design and architectural ingenuity. Perched high above the city streets, their apartment offers breathtaking panoramic views of New York City's iconic skyline, a constant reminder of the vibrant energy that pulsates below.

The Steinway Tower, a symphony of glass and steel, is a marvel of engineering, its slender silhouette a testament to the innovative spirit of its creators. Its facade, a shimmering tapestry of reflective glass, captures the ever-changing moods of the city, mirroring the vibrant hues of sunrise and the twinkling lights of the cityscape at night.

Jerome and Asha's apartment, a haven of tranquility amidst the urban bustle, is a sanctuary of refined elegance. Its interiors, a harmonious blend of contemporary aesthetics and timeless charm, are a testament to their impeccable taste. The living spaces, bathed in natural light that streams through floor-to-ceiling windows, offer unparalleled views of the city's iconic landmarks, from the majestic Empire State Building to the verdant expanse of Central Park.

The apartment's three levels, each a distinct realm of luxury, are connected by a graceful spiral staircase, a sculptural masterpiece that adds a touch of artistic flair to the home. The lower level, a haven of entertainment and relaxation, features a state-of-the-art home theater, a fully equipped gym, and a cozy library, where Jerome and Asha can unwind with a good book or engage in lively discussions.

The middle level, the heart of the home, is dedicated to culinary delights and social gatherings. The gourmet kitchen, a chef's dream, is equipped with top-of-the-line appliances and a spacious island, perfect for preparing culinary masterpieces. The adjacent dining area, with its elegant table and comfortable seating, is ideal for hosting intimate dinners or lively gatherings with friends and family.

The upper level, a private sanctuary, is reserved for the couple's personal quarters. The master suite, a haven of tranquility, features a plush king-size bed, a walk-in closet, and a spa-like bathroom, complete with a soaking tub and a rain shower. The adjoining balcony, a private oasis amidst the urban landscape, offers breathtaking views of the city, a perfect spot to enjoy a morning coffee or an evening cocktail.

Jerome and Asha's apartment in the Steinway Tower is more than just a home; it's a symbol of their success, their aspirations, and their appreciation for the finer things in life. It's a place where they can unwind, entertain, and create lasting memories, all while enjoying the unparalleled luxury and breathtaking views that only this iconic building can offer.

Jerome Weiding is a visionary entrepreneur and investor, renowned for his keen eye for emerging trends and his unwavering commitment to innovation. With a diverse portfolio of successful ventures, Jerome has established himself as a leader in the fields of A.I. marketing automation, content marketing and direct/digital marketing. Recently he has dropped all of those hats and only wears the entrepreneur start up hatHis passion for excellence and his dedication to creating impactful solutions have earned him widespread recognition and respect in the business world.

To learn more about Jerome Weiding and his latest ventures, visit www.the-12i-news.co This sarticle first published by 12i LLC Pty Ltd. On 6th October 2024.

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Kazuo Yashiro - Side By Side. Kazuo Yashiro Plays Bösendorfer & Steinway (LP, Album)

Vinyl(VG+) Sleeve(VG+) Obi(VG+) // with Obi 帯つき / Sleeve has some minor foxing. / コンディション　盤 : Very Good Plus (VG+) コンディション　ジャケット : Very Good Plus (VG+) コンディションの表記について　  [ M > M- > VG+ > VG > G+ > G > F > P ] レーベル : Audio Lab. Record – ALJ-1012 フォーマット : Vinyl, LP, Album 生産国 : Japan 発売年 : 1974 Recorded at: Aoyama Tower Hall (Feb. 20.) 1974, – Side A Piano Bösendorfer Iino Hall (Mar. 6.) 1974 – Side…

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Left : Solow Building: West 58th Street / Midle: Steinway Tower: 11 West 57th Street - One 57: 157 West 57th - Central Park Tower: 217 West 57th (Shot 2019)

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[dailyoverview]

111 West 57th Street is a residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, constructed between 2015 and 2021. Also known as Steinway Tower, it is the fourth-tallest building in the United States at 1,428 feet (435 m) and the world’s thinnest skyscraper with a width-to-height ratio of about 1:24. Its 84 floors contain 60 luxury condominiums.

40.764900°, -73.977500°

Source imagery: Nearmap 3D

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Comparing Florida and New York: Helping You Make an Informed Decision

Choosing between Florida and New York, the two most frequently visited U.S. states, can be a challenging decision for travelers. However, this comparison aims to assist you in making a well-informed choice based on your preferences.

The ongoing competition for the title of the most visited state in the U.S. revolves around Florida and New York. According to Statista's latest data, Florida holds the top spot, with New York following closely behind. In early 2023, both governors publicly disclosed the visitation numbers, revealing that while both states experienced an increase, Florida had a considerable lead. Governor Kathy Hochul of New York State reported 79.5 million visitors in 2022, an increase of one million from 2021. Meanwhile, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida announced an impressive 137.6 million visitors, surpassing New York by 58.1 million.

Now, let's delve into a detailed comparison to help you decide between these two popular destinations.

Florida: A Sunshine State Extravaganza

Florida, aptly known as the Sunshine State, offers a diverse range of attractions catering to various interests. Whether you're a seafood enthusiast, adventure seeker, nature lover, history buff, or beach aficionado, Florida has something for everyone.

Key Features of Florida:

Best Theme Parks in the World: Florida boasts world-renowned theme parks, including Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Orlando Resort, SeaWorld Orlando, and Legoland Florida Resort.

Beautiful Beaches: With thousands of lakes and over 2,000 miles of shoreline, Florida is home to some of the most exquisite beaches globally, offering crystal-clear waters and sugar-white sand.

Incredible Wildlife: A haven for animal lovers, Florida is rich in wildlife, featuring a wide variety of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, and insects.

Other Attractions: Beyond theme parks and beaches, Florida offers vibrant cities, exciting festivals, rich history, family-friendly attractions, and iconic landmarks like the Kennedy Space Center.

New York: A Cultural Melting Pot with Iconic Landmarks

New York, with its cultural diversity and iconic landmarks, has consistently secured its place among the most visited states in the U.S. The state's nightlife, historical attractions, architectural marvels, and natural beauty contribute to its allure.

Key Features of New York:

World-Famous Spots: Iconic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, Central Park, and Times Square define New York's appeal.

Sky-High Structures: Boasting some of the tallest buildings in the U.S., including the One World Trade Center, Central Park Tower, Steinway Tower, Empire State Building, and Brooklyn Tower.

Natural Attractions: Beyond urban landscapes, New York offers natural wonders like Niagara Falls, Watkins Glen State Park, Letchworth State Park, and the Finger Lakes.

Cultural Diversity: New York embraces cultural diversity, featuring small charming towns, the Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, and a wealth of museums, galleries, and theaters.

Making Your Decision: A Personal Choice

Ultimately, the choice between Florida and New York depends on your preferences. Florida's appeal lies in its theme parks, beaches, and wildlife, making it ideal for those seeking a sun-soaked adventure. On the other hand, New York's vibrant cities, historical attractions, and diverse natural wonders cater to a different set of interests.

While Florida excels in theme parks and beaches, New York also offers these attractions, albeit on a different scale. Consider factors like security and the cost of living when making your decision, ensuring a travel experience tailored to your preferences. Remember, there is no wrong choice – it's all about what suits you best.

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We’re living through the birth of a new species of skyscraper that not even architects and engineers saw coming. After 9/11, experts concluded that skyscrapers were finished. Tall buildings that were in the works got scaled down or canceled on the assumption that soaring towers were too risky to be built or occupied. “There were all sorts of symposiums and public statements that we’re never going to build tall again,” one former architect told The Guardian in 2021. “All we’ve done in the 20 years since is build even taller.”

There are skyscrapers, and then there are supertalls, often defined as buildings more than 300 meters in height, but better known as the cloud-puncturing sci-fi towers that look like digital renderings, even when you’re staring at them from the sidewalk. First supertalls were impossible, then a rarity. Now they’re all over the place. In 2019 alone, developers added more supertalls than had existed prior to the year 2000; there are now a couple hundred worldwide, including Dubai’s 163-story Burj Khalifa (a hypodermic needle aimed at space), Tianjin’s 97-floor CTF Finance Centre (reminiscent of a drill bit boring the clouds), and, encroaching on my sky, Manhattan’s 84-floor Steinway Tower (a luxury condominium resembling the love child of a dustbuster and a Mach3 razor).

Some supertalls have an even more futuristic designation: superslim. These buildings are alternately described as “needle towers” or “toothpick skyscrapers” (though not every superslim is a supertall). Early superslims shot up in Hong Kong in the 1970s, though lately they’ve become synonymous with New York City; four supertall superslims loom over the southern end of Central Park in a stretch of Midtown dubbed “Billionaires’ Row.” Building engineers, like judgy modeling agents, have varying definitions of superslim, but they usually agree that such buildings must have a height-to-width ratio of at least 10 to 1. To put that in perspective, the Empire State Building (one of the world’s first supertalls, completed in 1931) is about three times taller than it is wide—“pudgy,” as one engineer described it to me. Steinway Tower is 24 times taller than it is wide—nearly as slim as a No. 2 pencil, and the skinniest supertall in the world. (The developer’s official name for the building is 111 West 57th Street.) These superslim buildings—and supertalls generally—have relied on engineering breakthroughs to combat the perilous physics that go with height. A 2021 article in the journal Civil Engineering and Architecture declared: “There is no doubt that super-tall, slender buildings are the most technologically advanced constructions in the world.”

  —  The Marvels—And Mistakes—Of Supertall Skyscrapers

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a little life on the east coast- an unabridged essay

I would’ve found my own way home that night, stumbling and carrying that beery air around me. And much to my chagrin, I had been so shrill; lip locking bleacher ornaments (of which you had to pry their wrinkled hands off) and emptying my limey stomach. By the end of the night, I had felt vile… bathed in red and blue lights, broken and American with lipstick mouth cuts peppering my porcelain cheeks. And I followed the train tracks for a somber moment, wishing I could just lay my dizzy head down on them. I remembered the seductiveness of death allured me- and the enormity of peace it would bring me. It was scary, and dark- the way I lived. And you galloped onward, racing up to me. God, I remembered. Here I am- simmering and drunk on the side of the road in a ditch, looking up at these tracks. And you stood in front of me like a god, shining and muscled. I was pretending (and I’m not sure if I succeeded or not) to be sultry, almost masculine for you, a little devil of the night. I’m glad you found me, I needed you to take me home and send me to bed. And when you climbed into bed with me, all I could do was melt into the thick of your arms like magma. You pressed your nose to the nape of my neck and I smiled as your fingers curled around mine; the knotted cluster serpentining right up to my heart. Maybe I’m getting somewhere with you. Maybe this is the concrescence of a long happiness where we’d reside in the East Coast. I wondered what it might be like. What might transpire… oh I can hear the violins flourishing now. 

We bought a little peace and quiet on the northern shores of the Chesapeake Bay. I loved the idea of a gray, shingled house like the ones they had in Nantucket or maybe Martha’s Vineyard, but the brick colonial stood as our little Monticello. I planted the hydrangeas and you painted the shutters an Old Ironsides navy blue, our windows hazily frosted and peppery. We had a crimson door and little white dormers. And in our sprawling lawn, your two black labradors chased each other and ran around the nautical flagpole, towering over our turpentined souls the American flag waving in the painted-blue wind. I loved our languid little parlor, the crown jewel being a Steinway and Sons grand piano. I’d strike those base chords down like I was digging my own grave as the melodies fluttered around our wing-backed chairs. That’s the same parlor we danced to Miles Davis barefoot on the hardwood floor; drinks, and liquor, and love in front of the bay windows. And those wispy curtains veiling the broken sunlight that slashed the room. And my two kitties (though they’re fully adult cats…I will always remember when they were babies) stretch on our Turkish rugs and luxuriate in those little golden lakes of sun. April roses and baby’s breath in each room, maybe on some antique our mothers gave to us; and Marseille paintings or mirrors or tapestries hanging above our hand carved mantles. Oh and the dinner parties we would throw. We would all gather, the wine always flowing, and eat our Maine lobster stew with sourdough bread and chutney- all on our fine china. Everyone’s cheeks are flushed as I tell some outrageous story about my strange interaction with the hostess at the ski resort in Jeffersonville, Vermont. She double booked us with the three stooges who were definitely planning a three-way! The hearty laughs, the dinner plates clanking, I’m spilling my wine on my cashmere sweater (you tell me not to worry about it as we can get a new one) and my heart is full. 

You were an academic angel, flying through universities that staggered above me. I contemplate how the city loved you, and how it chewed me up and spit me out a completely new person. I look at you. And I feel myself. How tenuous I am. How wayward and how magnanimous I am. And with that came the precariousness. I was so uncertain and scared that this life wouldn’t pan out to be everything I wanted. I glanced back at you with your Hollywood smile and I see that I am alive in you. Perennially it seems. We lay in our bedroom together after the day simmers to a darkness and it takes me back to that very first night. I’m still melting in those arms. Our hands are still interlaced and it stays like that the whole night. I wake up and peer out the window to our manicured garden with little Adirondack chairs that face the cold shore. We planned brunch at Chick and Ruth’s and strolled the docks and marveled at all the sailboats. Oh, the marina, and the masts, and the salt, it was all so divine. The opulence you had given me doesn’t even compare to the love that washes over me every day. They can think that I’m rich for all I care, for I am rich when you hold my hand. I am rich when your passional kisses press my forehead. And when I’m down, I am lifted up by your prosodic magnetism. Everything makes me rich when I am with you. 

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