Madison Square Park Tower, previously 45 East 22nd Street, is a skyscraper completed in 2017 and located between

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and

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in the

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neighborhood of

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. The building was designed by

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and developed by

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's Continuum Company. It was the second skyscraper to be built on that block, after

One Madison One Madison is a luxury residential condominium tower located on 23rd Street (Manhattan), 23rd Street between Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Park Avenue South, at the foot of Madison Avenue, across from Madison Square Park in the Flatiron D ...

Construction

Demolition began on the buildings occupying the lot in April 2014 and was finished by July 2014. Construction finished in 2017.

Architecture

Madison Square Park Tower was designed by

and

Goldstein, Hill & West Architects Hill West Architects (formerly Goldstein, Hill & West Architects) is a New York City based architecture firm which works on the planning and design of high-rise residential and hospitality buildings, retail structures and multi-use complexes. The ...

. Martin Brudnizki Design Studio is responsible for designing the interiors. There are 83 condominiums in the building. The base is built from granite in order to resemble other buildings in the

. Above the base there will be a cantilevered tower that becomes progressively wider as the tower becomes taller. DeSimone Consulting Engineers is the structural engineering firm for the project. The structural system of the building comprises cast-in-place concrete slabs and columns with lateral load resisting shear wall cores. At the roof, there is a

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which uses viscous liquid and steel plates to dampen the movement of the building during windy conditions for the comfort of occupants.

Amenities

It has a fitness center on the second through fourth level featuring a basketball court, a golf studio, private training facilities, and a fitness center. Also there is a children's playroom, a library, and a club with a private dining room on the fifty fourth floor. It contains a small garden outside the building.

References

External links

{{stack, {{commonscat, Madison Square Park Tower
Official website
Residential buildings completed in 2017 Kohn Pedersen Fox buildings Flatiron District Residential condominiums in New York City Pencil towers in New York City