Sliver building

Sliver building

Sliver buildings are tall slender buildings constructed on lots with a narrow frontage, typically 45 feet or less. Over the past decade, one of the most remarkable advances in tall building design has been their construction to unprecedented slenderness ratios. [cite journal
title = Framing sliver buildings
last = Cruvellier
first = Mark R.
coauthors = Bryan Stafford Smith
series = The Structural Design of Tall Buildings
number = 3
pages = 185–198
year = 1995
doi = 10.1002/tal.4320040303
quote = Over the past decade, one of the most remarkable advances in tall building design has been their construction to unprecedented slenderness ratios.
volume = 4
journal = The Structural Design of Tall Buildings]

The now defunct New York City Board of Estimate banned these type of structures from many residential zoning districts in New York City in 1983, after residents objected to their construction. The resurgence of the real estate market there has led to a resurgence of these buildings, now constructed in commercial districts. [cite news
first = Lana
last = Bortolot
authorlink =
author =
coauthors =
title = Are slivers on the rise?
url = http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-sliver0517,0,329886.story
format =
work = AM New York
publisher = Tribune New York Newspaper Holdings, LLC
id =
pages =
page = 03
date = 2007-05-17
accessdate = 2007-05-18
language =
quote = ]

ee also

*Sliver (film)

External links

* [http://www.thecityreview.com/austrianb.html Plots & Plans] article on The Austrian Cultural Forum on 52nd Street, New York, NY, USA.
* [http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/02/15/ismael_leyva_towers_over_hells_kitchen_at_785_eighth.php Curbed blog] article on proposed sliver building at 785 8th Av., New York, NY, USA.
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/realestate/18Deal1.html?ref=realestate New York Times article on sliver buildings] from March 18, 2007

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