Metropolitan Tower
New York, New York
Architect: Schuman Lichtenstein Claman Efron
Owner: Harry Macklowe
A 716-ft. tall, 68-story structure with a triangular foot-print whose structural feature is a meandering shearwall 70-ft. deep, with 20-in. deep spandrel beams along the periphery and 8.5-in. slabs at the interior helping to counter the structure's large torsional loads. The Metropolitan Tower held the record of "Tallest Concrete Building in NYC" when built in 1985.
Photo Courtesy of Rosenwasser/Grossman Consulting Engineers, P.C.
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