pencil tower

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English

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Steinway Tower in Manhattan is the narrowest skyscraper in the world, with a width-to-height ratio of about 1:24.

Noun

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pencil tower (plural pencil towers)

  1. (informal) An extremely narrow skyscraper.
    Synonym: (informal) skinnyscraper
    • 2019 February 5, Oliver Wainwright, “Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-11:
      Sitting alongside rare wine, coloured diamonds and old masters, a full-floor apartment in a pencil tower with a view of Central Park makes a fine addition to the investor's trophy cabinet. Except it is not just a trinket in a safe. It is a very large presence on the skyline for all to endure.

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