supertowers
Luxury home with private terrace above MoMA lists for $14.88M
This chic apartment in "the Manor above MoMa" offers an 800-square-foot private terrace, among other amenities.
This penthouse is Manhattan's most expensive listing — here's how much it costs
The penthouse would be the second most expensive known New York City real estate sale ever.
Save our city: Stop making it so damn hard to build
Everybody knows there’s a “housing crisis.” But if the city is ever to generate affordable new housing in meaningful numbers, its process for reviewing rezoning proposals — the seven-month purgatory...
Why twin towers are cropping up all over the sixth borough
Panoramic views of turquoise shores and over-the-top amenities no longer set a luxury Miami address apart from the rest. Buildings today must also make a bold architectural statement — and...
Meet the poster boy for NYC's cutthroat real estate world
In his illustrious -- and, by turns, calamitous -- real-estate career, New York developer Harry Macklowe has brawled with banks, competitors, partners, tenants, Martha Stewart, multiple mayors and his own...
Court blocks government from seizing Fifth Avenue tower
A Manhattan federal appeals court on Wednesday blocked the government from seizing a 36-story Fifth Avenue office tower prosecutors had secured in a record 2014 terrorism-related forfeiture agreement. A three-judge...
Giant, 1,000-apartment buildings are taking over NYC
Bigger is better — even when it comes to New York City’s residential buildings. Since 2008, the twin tops of the 1,359-unit Silver Towers rental have punctuated the sky above...
Inside the scandals of 740 Park, the world's richest building
Venerable 740 Park Ave. has long been known for its embarrassment of riches. Currently, three of its fabled duplexes are on the market for sums ranging from $22.5 million to...
Developer says 'penis envy' is fueling city's tower obsession
It’s one of the most exclusive new buildings in Manhattan and the tallest residential skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere — and its biggest critic is its own architect. Rafael Viñoly...
The world's tallest skyscraper is planned for China
Chinese builders have ambitious designs on erecting the world’s tallest skyscraper, soaring more than more 3,000 feet into the heavens. The Phoenix Towers, planned for the central city of Wuhan,...
NYC's coming 'supertowers' are nothing to fear
Who’s afraid of “supertowers” near Central Park? Most of the city’s inflexible preservationists, ivory-tower urbanists, community “activists,” pandering politicians, architectural critics and architects themselves, except for those fortunate enough to...