111 West 57th Street, Residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, United States
111 West 57th Street, known as Steinway Tower, is an 84-story, 1,428-foot (435 m) residential skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, designed by SHoP Architects and completed in 2021. Its glass facade is framed by vertical piers of glazed terracotta, and the south side steps back in short setbacks toward the flat top. The 16-story Steinway Hall, a 1925 Warren & Wetmore building, is preserved at its base.
Construction began in 2015 on the site of the 1925 Steinway Hall, a building that served for decades as a piano showroom and concert hall. Completion took several years and ended in the early 2020s.
The tower takes its Steinway name from the piano maker's former store and recital hall kept at its base, where a landmarked rotunda, lobby and showroom survive. The address sits on Billionaires' Row, the stretch of West 57th Street near Sixth Avenue lined with supertall residential towers.
The apartments are not open to the public and access is limited to residents and their guests. The view from the higher floors extends far beyond Midtown and the park.
The width of the building to its height is about 1:24, making it the most slender skyscraper in the world. This unusual proportion required special engineering solutions for stability and wind loads.
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