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 Donald Trump lives in the top three floors of Trump Tower."Trump Tower is a 58-story skyscraper in New York City located at 725 Fifth Avenue (Manhattan), at the corner of 56th Street. The mixed-use tower was developed by Donald Trump and the Equitable Life Assurance Company. Designed by Der Scutt of Swanke, Hayden Connell, it was completed in 1983. The tower is a reinforced concrete, shear-wall/core structure and was the tallest structure of this type in New York City when completed. A concrete hat-truss at the top of the building ties exterior columns with the concrete core. This increases the effective dimensions of the core to that of the building in order to resist the overturning of lateral forces (wind, minor earthquakes, and impacts perpendicular to the building’s height). A similar structure was used for Trump World Tower. Ordinarily a building of that height could not have been built on the small site. By mixing uses (retail, office, and residential), constructing a through-block arcade (connecting to the IBM building to the east), and using the air rights from Tiffany’s flagship store next door, and including the atrium (designed as a “public space” under the city codes at the time), Trump was able to assemble a bonus package that enabled a taller tower. The building’s public spaces are clad in Breccia Pernice, a pink white-veined marble and brass and mirrors are used throughout. This includes the office lobby, off Fifth Avenue, and the five-level atrium which has a waterfall, shops, cafés, and a pedestrian bridge that crosses over the waterfall’s pool. The atrium is crowned with a skylight. In 2006, Forbes Magazine valued the tower at $318 million." (Taken From Wikipedia) Chapter 7 in Donald Trump's book The Art of the Deal is about the deals and negotiations Donald Trump made to establish the site, promote the site, get zoning approval, sell the units, and how he made the building much bigger than would normally be allowed on the site. "Nothing about Trump Tower, of course, is modest. Trump Tower looms over IBM tower at left and Crown Tower in frontAs bronze-colored glass towers go, this is very fine because of its detailing and, more importantly, its thin, stepped massing. The tower is made to appear even thinner by its straight-edge fluting, which also creates more corner windows that are more saleable. (The project's apartment layouts had to be modified during construction when it was discovered that too many corner bedrooms looked into other apartment bedrooms.) The unusual layout also proved that flat-roof buildings are not necessarily ugly even in a Post-Modern age. The vertical stepping of the base of the tower on Fifth Avenue is brilliantly executed to create great visual interest for pedestrians, especially because the setbacks are lushly landscaped and play host to choral groups during the Christmas season, perhaps the most charming holiday display in a city and a neighborhood noted for its festive observations." (Taken From The City Review) People interested in Donald Trump will also be interested in: |