Central Park Tower: Overview

Central Park Tower (CPT) is a supertall high-rise located in Midtown Manhattan at 217 West 57th Street along "Billionaire's" Row", a block south of Central Park.

 

With a total height of 1550 feet (472m), Central Park Tower is the first building in the western hemisphere to eclipse the 1450ft roof height of Chicago's Sears Tower. However, due to a technicality, the spire atop One World Trade Center is counted in its full 1776ft height. One World Trade Center remains the tallest building in New York City, and the United States, despite it's parapet only reaching to 1368ft.

 

CPT is the world's tallest residential building. (The Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat classifies buildings as residential if at least 85% of the floor area is devoted to residential purposes.)

 

The tower contains 179 condominium units and the total construction costs were estimated to be $3B.

 

It was initially dubbed The Nordstrom Tower due to its retail anchor tenant.

 

The developer is Extell Development Company, which also built the neighboring 1004 foot One57 residential tower. Land acquisition began in 2005 and excavation at the site started in May 2014. The building topped out in September 2019.

 

Central Park Tower was designed by the team of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Smith is the architect credited with designing Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building during his tenure at Skidmore Owings and Merrill.

 

A spire that would have reached to 1775ft, just a foot shy of One World Trade Center's pinnacle, was dropped from an earlier proposed design.

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