New York skyline's newest tower is so skinny it sways in the wind

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New York skyline's newest tower is so skinny it sways in the wind
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The Steinway Tower may not be the tallest building, but it still stands out from the rest of the Manhattan skyline.

One skyscraper stands out from the rest in the Manhattan skyline. It's not the tallest, but it is the skinniest — the world's skinniest, in fact.60 apartments in the tower range in cost from $18 million to $66 million per unitThe 84-storey residential Steinway Tower, designed by New York architecture firm SHoP Architects, has the title of "most slender skyscraper in the world" thanks to its logic-defying ratio of width to height: 1-to-23 1/2.

The 60 apartments in the tower range cost well above the million-dollar mark with the cheapest going from $US18 million but offer 360-degree views of the city. At 435 metres, the building is the second-tallest residential tower in New York, second to the nearby Central Park Tower at 470 metres.Counterbalancing sway

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