Sky-high in FiDi

When thinking about supertall, record-breaking and gravity-defying residential towers in New York, the ones that first come to mind are 432 Park Avenue (the current record holder at 1,396 feet) and One57 (at 1,005 feet). But before those skyscrapers sprouted up on what is now known as Billionaires’ Row, the city’s tallest residential tower could be found at 8 Spruce Street (870 feet). And while 8 Spruce, now known as New York by Gehry, had ... [more]