The tower that will be in "Zone 7" will rise to 1,900 feet (580 meters), making it the tallest in the entire American continent, surpassing by more than 120 feet the current maximum height of One World Center (1,776 feet), at the southern tip of Manhattan, near the former Twin Towers.
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The city of New York will build a huge real estate complex in the center of Manhattan over the next two decades, which will include ten skyscrapers, among them one that will be the tallest in the Americas and among the tallest in the world.
The urban complex will be built in the vicinity of Penn Station, between Seventh and Eighth Avenue, near another mythical skyscraper, the Empire State Building, and next to the equally famous Madison Square Garden.
The New York Times has made its own projection based on documents and representations made public so far by the state of New York, and has concluded that the ten-tower complex will have eight towers that will exceed 1,000 feet in height (305 meters), all of them located on Eighth Avenue.
The tower that will be in "Zone 7" will rise to 1,900 feet (580 meters), making it the tallest in the entire American continent, surpassing by more than 120 feet the current maximum height of One World Center (1,776 feet), at the southern tip of Manhattan, near the former Twin Towers.
That tower, entirely intended to house offices, will be owned by Vornado Realty Trust, and will become the sixth tallest in the world, only behind those located in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula.
It will be followed by another tower of 1,726 feet, with 2.9 million square feet (260,000 square meters) also intended for offices, according to the projection of the New York Times.
The newspaper describes the Penn Station area in its current state as the busiest in the entire United States and the most hated by a majority of citizens, and believes that with the large real estate project, the current governor, Kathy Hochul, wants to leave her mark for posterity.
Authorities want to allow the construction of these skyscrapers to raise funds for the Penn Station renovation and expansion project.
