7 Metaphors For That Super Skinny New Skyscraper
Thursday, January 15, 2015
The New York Times quoted developer Harry Macklowe saying the new tower is like the Mona Lisa. (Nick Normal/Flickr)
432 Park is now the tallest residential tower in the Western Hemisphere, rising higher than both the Empire State Building and One World Trade Center without their spires. At 1,396 feet, it's easy to see from just about anywhere in the city. And it's gotten plenty of tongues wagging.
“Gotham’s fickle finger of real estate wealth signaling the next Gilded Age? A giant upraised baton cuing us all to a symphony of conspicuous consumption…?” Francis X. Clines. The New York Times, Jan. 1, 2015“It’s almost like the Mona Lisa. Except instead of it looking at you, you’re looking at it wherever you are. You can’t escape it.” Harry Macklowe. New York Times, Oct. 13, 2014“ATTENTION: This dried piece of spaghetti is now the second tallest building in New York.” Erin Chack. Buzzfeed, Dec. 1, 2014“It looms over the neighborhood, like a cornstalk in the middle of a vegetable patch.” Ilya Marritz. WNYC, May 14, 2014“What is that giant matchstick on Manhattan’s skyline?” Jolyon Attwooll. Telegraph, Dec. 2, 2014“Toothpick Award: To Harry Macklowe and CIM for the slenderest and tallest tower at 432 Park Ave.” Lois Weiss, New York Post, Dec. 31, 2014
What's your metaphor for 432 Park? Tell us in the comments.
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JESSICA GOULD
Jessica Gould covers politics and public finance for WNYC.
