Business

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Skyscraper shuffles height record books

Bryant Park giant to top Chrysler Building

The Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park will reshape Manhattan's skyline and force a revision of the record books that catalog the city's giants.

The 54-story building stands 945 feet tall, but tops out at 1,200 feet with the addition of an ornamental spire, inheriting the title of New York's second-tallest skyscraper. It was held by the Chrysler Building since Sept. 11, 2001, when the...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here