page_title: Central Park Tower
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Central Park Tower / Design
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking east across 9th Avenue and along 58th Street at narrow buildings, one under construction.
context_page_description: Central Park Tower, also known as the Nordstrom Tower, is a residential supertall skyscraper being developed by Extell Development Company and Shanghai Municipal Investment Group along Billionaires' Row on 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, the building rises 1,550 feet and is the second-tallest skyscraper in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the 15th tallest building in the world, the tallest residential building in the world, and the tallest building outside Asia by roof height.
  The site of the Central Park Tower was formerly occupied by two buildings at 225 West 57th Street and 1780 Broadway, which were demolished in 2011–2012. In mid-2012, Nordstrom committed to opening their first store in New York City within the base of the tower. A proposed cantilever above the Art Students League of New York's building at 215 West 57th Street, intended to maximize views of nearby Central Park, resulted in several lawsuits, but was later allowed because construction had already started.
context_section_description: The building is designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. The first seven floors of the tower are anchored by New York City's first Nordstrom department store. Floors eight to twelve will house amenity spaces for residents.
caption: Central Park Tower and 220 Central Park South looking east along 58th Street, September 2019
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