New York City is home to many ultra-luxury residential skyscrapers, most of which located around the southern end of Central Park in Midtown Manhattan, forming the so-called “Billionaires’ Row”. Among these buildings, five of them are in the supertall category – taller than 1000 ft (300 m) – and are pencil towers: tall, thin and with a very high slenderness ratio.

From the East to the West, we find 432 Park Avenue, 53W53, Steinway Tower, One57, and Central Park Tower. The Billionaires’ Row is known for containing some of the most expensive residences in the world: the top penthouse at 432 Park Avenue went to Saudi retail magnate Fawaz Al Hokair for $87,7 million, while the top two floors of One57 were sold to businessman Michael Dell for $100,47 million.
Regardless the astonishing costs of their apartments, these skyscrapers are engineering masterpieces made possible by improvement of the building materials (high-strenght concrete and steel), and by using special techniques – such as tuned mass dampers – to manage building movements caused by wind.

This MOC is a set of five microscale models, the five supertall skyscrapers of the Billionaires’ Row, designed with an Architecture style and by using many interesting techniques to capture the unique design of each building.

MOC specifications:

Scale: 1:1250
Parts count: 2095
Minimum display area: 11 x 3,2 inches / 28 x 8 centimeters
Height of the tallest (Central Park Tower): 15,2 in / 38,7 cm
Approximate weight: 0,85 kg / 30,2 oz
Year: 2024
Designed by Bruno Sericano