Trump World Tower
The Trump World Tower is one of the tallest and most expensive houses in the world. It is located at the United Nations Plaza on First Avenue between 47ter and 48ter Street in Manhattan in New York City. It is not identical with the already built in 1983 Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. The building is owned by the well-known real estate developer Donald Trump and was completed in 2001 after a construction period of two years.
The building is the second tallest residential building in the United States and one of the highest in the world. With a height of 262 meters, it is the 12 tallest building in New York City (as of 2014). The Trump World Tower was 2001-2011 ten years the tallest residential building in New York City and the United States. In 2011, however, he had to give this status to the little distant skyscrapers 8 Spruce Street in Lower Manhattan, which 267 meters high and over 76 floors has. Since then, he is still in second place in this discipline.
The skyscraper was built by investor Donald Trump. Construction began in 1999 and ended in 2001. The architect of the building is the Greek Costas Condylis. The top two floors of the 72 - storey tower stood for 58 million U.S. dollars for sale. For marketing reasons, the number of floors to be indicated at the elevators with 90, instead of the actual 72. On the top floor, however, is not flat, but the janitor's office.
Due to the peculiarities of construction law in Manhattan, it was permissible, the neighbors have the right to build in the amount to buy out ( " air rights trading " ) and this altitude strike, its own building. Trump also put on green areas, which also gave him the right to build higher. After marked by Trump term " free looking / high price ," he could not guarantee that his apartments guarantee an optimal view of the Manhattan skyline, since no neighboring buildings could restrict the view by a higher development in the future.
Donald Trump himself does not live in the Trump World Tower, but has her own apartment in the upper floors of Trump Tower ( also in New York).
Famous residents of the skyscraper are:
- Sophia Loren, in the 58th floor
- Cem Uzan, in the 71st floor