Why There Are No Megatall Skyscrapers in New York

Narrated by Fred Mills. Additional footage and images courtesy of The Dronalist, Extell, PNB Merdeka Ventures and Skyscraper Page.

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[craigmeeker]

This guy could narrate a video about socks and I'd still give it a thumbs up

[jeanhubsch]

Even more reason why ”Highest Occupieable Floor” should be used as the measurement for height and not these spires that literally add nothing to the building yet seems to be 25% or more of the building’s height.

[VEERDEYE]

They should build down, make an anti-sky scraper 500m underground

[jorboii]

I don't think it will matter how tall the buildings get in New York in the future, the Empire State and Chrysler Buildings will always be the two most iconic buildings in the city.

[brianxyz]

If Chicago built a megatall NYC would quickly approve any proposal to beat what Chicago had done.

[JBguitar-cjpc]

I went to NYC for the first time last week. It was midnight when I arrived. Was totally mesmerized at how huge and beautiful it was 😵😵 it’s like looking through a kaleidoscope. Unlike any other city I’ve been in.

[zacharyjensen]

Seems like the best way to build higher than a 1776 foot skyscraper is to build a 1776 metre skyscraper.

[userofthetube]

Apparently the main purpose of building a megatall skyscraper in a desert is to increase the value of the land around it that the developers also own. The tower itself does not really need to be profitable as long as it's eye catching. Even if the same effect on land value existed in New York (where prices are already high), the benefits would fall to the owners of neighboring properties taking away a major rationale for such buildings.

[Pius-XI]

New York City has nothing to prove. You are the best of the best with history behind it's historic buildings

[kshitijbhalsane]

Avengers would destroy them while saving the city that's why

[ADI-]

This is probably one of the best informative channels on youtube

[DealwithitHand]

New York already has the best PR in the world, his name's Spider-Man.

[ericdudley]

The wondrous little boy in me who loves skyscrapers, and in particular New York City skyscrapers, will always go on dreaming about a megatall being somewhere in the middle of Midtown Manhattan. It’s the same reason this wondrous little boy loves this wonderful channel. Thank you for your work!

[WayPastCrazy]

Bet Chicago would LOVE to reclaim the "tallest in the U.S." over NY

[nickharmon]

Basically you just said those other cities are overcompensating and New York already has confidence so they don’t need one and I’m loving the idea of New York judging these other cities 😂

[Codraroll]

Hardly anybody wants to build Megatalls anywhere at the moment. I've counted about three dozen Megatall proposals since the mid-2000s, and all but four have stranded (six if you count observation towers). An additional two made it past the construction stage but were shortened due to flight ceilings. The rest all ran into serious issues when the question "wait, who's going to pay for this, and how will they make their money back?" was asked.

Compared to their height, Megatalls don't have that much space to lease compared to lower buildings. Beyond a certain point, adding another floor to a building will cost more than you could hope to earn back in a reasonable time frame. It simply isn't economic to build that tall.

[timg]

I wish they had designed One WTC with a 1776' roof instead of a spire.

[DarkNaomi]

If NYC ever built a megatall skyscraper, it has to be in the Art Deco style

[caesar]

New York should build a new megatall Art Deco skyscraper. In my opinion the new glass skyscrapers are very boring and older limestone Art Deco buildings stand out more and are more iconic.

[duthegee]

New York already has the status as the world city. The ESB, WTC, Chrysler Building, Manhattan Bridge, even the Statue of Liberty etc... these are iconic modern places that most people on the planet recognize and creating something that can compete with these would need something more than just the height but a symbolism.