the Central Park Tower, also known as the Nordstrom Tower, is a residential supertall skyscraper along Billionaires' Row (Manhattan) on 57th Street (Manhattan) in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the building rises 1550 ft and is the List of tallest buildings in the United States and the Western Hemisphere]], the List of tallest buildings, the List of tallest residential buildings, and the tallest building outside Asia by roof height.
Central Park Tower was developed by Extell Development Company and Shanghai Municipal Investment Group. The lowest floors of the building contain a large Nordstrom]] store, the first in New York City. The eastern portion of the tower contains a cantilever above the Art Students League of New York's building at American Fine Arts Society, intended to maximize views of nearby Central Park. The residential portion of the tower contains 179 condominiums. In total, Central Park Tower cost $3 billion to construct.
The site of Central Park Tower was formerly occupied by two buildings at 225 West 57th Street and 1780 Broadway, which were demolished in 2011–2012. Despite uncertainty about the final design and complications relating to the tower's financing, excavations at the site started in May 2014, and actual construction started in February 2015. There were several incidents and controversies during the building's construction, including a controversy over the tower's cantilever and the death of a security guard. The building topping out during September 2019, with a projected completion date of late 2020.
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Central Park Tower is in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, just south of Columbus Circle, on the east side of Broadway (Manhattan) between 57th Street (Manhattan) to the south and 58th Street to the north. The northwestern corner of the building abuts 1790 Broadway, while the southwestern corner is adjacent to 1776 Broadway. Central Park Tower is also near 240 Central Park South and 220 central park south to the north; the American Fine Arts Society (also known as the Art Students League of New York building) and Osborne Apartments to the east; and 224 West 57th Street and the 220 West 57th Street to the south.
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