The residential 432 Park Avenue building is the tallest residential building in the World up to August 2015

Seen from the The Top of the Rock Observation Deck

The building is known as a "pencil skyscraper" because of its extraordinary height and narrow width.

2015-08-08-b-top-of-rock -- 2015_08_08_top_of_the_rock_432_1689.jpg

First | Previous Picture | Next Picture | Last | Thumbnails

Many critics consider these skyscrapers ugly and intrusive on a city's landscape.  It is expected that there will be 4 or 5 of these structures competed in New York City by 2020.  This building can be seen from almost every vantage point in NYC and beyond

[ Back to the 2015 New York Trip index ] [ Back to the Year 2015 index ]
[ Back to Photo Index ] [ Back to 2010s Decade Index ]

Keys:

observation, Top of the Rock, NY, views, New York, 2015, August, photo, pencil, sky, scraper, Rockefeller, Center, top, rock, deck, NYC, 2020

Tourists from Durand Wisconsin took the Photos at Top of the Rock by a Nikon Coolpix S8200 and an iPhone 4s.  August 2015