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9 - Cityspire

150–156 West 56th Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues
Architect: Murphy/Jahn, Inc.
Date Constructed: 1989
9th tallest in NYC (as of 2004)
Height: 813 ft (248 m); 72 floors.

This is New York’s tallest mixed–use skyscraper. The slender glass tower, with an octagonal cross section, provides space for commercial use in the bottom 23 floors and luxury apartments in the upper sections. The top is crowned with a small, angular dome.