According to The Skyscraper Page, 15 of the 25 tallest high-rises in the world were completed in 2010 or later. 20 of those 25 are in Asia, including 12 in China. The current 25th-tallest building in the world was the famous #1 tallest building for several decades: it's the Empire State Building. You probably know that in NYC, One World Trade Center is taller than the Empire State Building. You may not have known that the Empire State Building is no longer #2 in NYC: earlier, this year, the new #2, 432 Park Avenue, was completed. At 1396 feet, it's the 14th-tallest skyscraper in the world. If all goes according to schedule, in 2018, 111 West 57th St will be the new 2nd-tallest skyscraper in NYC at 1438 feet, until 2019, when Central Park Tower, 1550 feet tall, is scheduled to be completed. Also in 2019, 30 Hudson Yards, 1296 feet tall, is scheduled to bump the former world #1 Empire State Building down to #6 in NYC.
But of course, NYC, which Kurt Vonnegut so aptly called "Skyscraper National Park," is, although not exactly shabby, to be sure, no longer the home of the world's most spectacular skyscrapers. One World Trade Center, 1776 feet tall, is currently the 4th-tallest skyscraper in the world, behind the Burj Khalifa at 2717 feet, Shanghai Tower at 2074 and the Mecca Clock Royal hotel at 1972. When all of the skyscrapers currently under construction are completed, One World Trade Center will have been bumped from the 4th highest in the world to the 13th, and the Burj Khalifa will fall from #1 to #4. In 2019 -- if all goes as planned -- the new #1 in 2019 will be Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 3281 feet tall.
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Sunday, September 22, 2013
Skyscraper Construction In New York City Since 1997
Why since 1997? Because I haven't been in NYC since 1997. I lived there for a few years. It hurts, hurts, hurts to think of seeing the city without the twin towers, which were there every time I was there, beginning in the 1970's when they were still pretty new. Besides being huge they are... They were. It hurts. They were unmistakeable, grabbing the eye from tremendous distances away when the view wasn't obstructed by other buildings -- in many places in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn the only far-away thing you can see is the sky -- or weather or hills.
But I gather that that loss isn't the only great change in the skyline which would confront me if I went back. On the first page of the 2010 edition of the AIA Guide to New York City, a terrific book by the way, Norval White and Fran Leadon inform us that "September 11 was followed by an unprecendented building boom." I hadn't known that. But I've surfed around and seen some recent photos of Manhattan and, yes, things do look a bit different. On Skysraperpage.com, a nifty site with lots of drawings of the world's tallest buildings, already built, under construction, proposed and more, drawings all to scale next to one another, I refined the search to buildings in New York City, New York, United states, since 1997, and I see that since I've been gone, 3 buildings over 1000 feet tall have gone up in the city (2 according to this website, but I'm counting One World Trade Center as done and they're not counting it as done yet.), 7 over 800 feet, more than 25 over 600 feet, more than 50 over 500 feet. If we expand the search to include buildings under construction we see 6 buildings over 1000 feet, 13 over 800 feet, 37 over 600 feet and Ohmygosh over 500 feet. Yes, things have been happening. The AIA (American Institute of Architects) Guide gives pointed and interested opinions of buildings, but not necessarily always much idea of their size, so the Guide and Skyscraperpage.com sort of compliment each other.
But I gather that that loss isn't the only great change in the skyline which would confront me if I went back. On the first page of the 2010 edition of the AIA Guide to New York City, a terrific book by the way, Norval White and Fran Leadon inform us that "September 11 was followed by an unprecendented building boom." I hadn't known that. But I've surfed around and seen some recent photos of Manhattan and, yes, things do look a bit different. On Skysraperpage.com, a nifty site with lots of drawings of the world's tallest buildings, already built, under construction, proposed and more, drawings all to scale next to one another, I refined the search to buildings in New York City, New York, United states, since 1997, and I see that since I've been gone, 3 buildings over 1000 feet tall have gone up in the city (2 according to this website, but I'm counting One World Trade Center as done and they're not counting it as done yet.), 7 over 800 feet, more than 25 over 600 feet, more than 50 over 500 feet. If we expand the search to include buildings under construction we see 6 buildings over 1000 feet, 13 over 800 feet, 37 over 600 feet and Ohmygosh over 500 feet. Yes, things have been happening. The AIA (American Institute of Architects) Guide gives pointed and interested opinions of buildings, but not necessarily always much idea of their size, so the Guide and Skyscraperpage.com sort of compliment each other.
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