New York City: 56th Street and Park Avenue

in #photography6 years ago (edited)

NEW YORK CITY: 56th STREET AND PARK AVENUE  

🗽  A Skyward Perspective of the Looming 432 Park Avenue and Surrounding Skyscrapers   🗽 

Various Facts


🔸 432 Park Ave. is currently the tallest residential building on Earth 🔸 

🔹 The skyscraper reaches a height of 1,396 ft (425.5 m) with 96 floors  🔹

🔸 To negate the effects of wind vortex loading, the structure utilizes two tuned mass dampers along with openings every 12 floors to enable distributed air flow🔸 

🔹Architect Rafael Viñoly designed the residential skyscraper with inspiration from Austrian architect Josef Hoffmann’s 1905 Gitterwerk wastepaper basket 🔹  

Google Maps Satellite View



Acknowledgments, Additional Notes, and Sources


Image 1: Original work. If image is used elsewhere, credit @anythingrandom

Image 2: Hoffmann Gitterwork wastepaper basket

Image 3: Low Earth orbit screenshot of New York City with Google Maps

Image 4: Near-Surface aerial view screenshot of Midtown East with Google Maps

Image 5: 3D Rendering with Google Maps

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