[ti:New York Skyline Has World’s Thinnest Building] [by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]A new building stands out from the rest [00:03.40]in New York City's skyline. [00:06.56]America's largest city is known for its many [00:11.16]extremely tall buildings, also known as skyscrapers. [00:17.48]The newly completed Steinway Tower is not New York's tallest. [00:24.20]But it is the skinniest, meaning very thin. [00:30.12]The 84-story Steinway Tower is a housing structure. [00:35.92]It was designed by New York building company SHoP Architects. [00:42.08]The project was started in 2014 and completed earlier this year. [00:49.48]The building is being called the "most slender skyscraper in the world." [00:55.96]This is because it has a width-height relationship, [01:00.92]or ratio, of 1-to-23 1/2. [01:06.96]Gregg Pasquarelli is a founding member of SHoP Architects. [01:12.80]He told The Associated Press that any time [01:17.20]a building has a 1-to-10 or more ratio, [01:21.16]it is considered a slender building. [01:24.52]He said anything 1-to-15 or more [01:29.28]is considered "exotic" and "really difficult" to build. [01:34.76]"The most slender buildings in the world are mostly in Hong Kong, [01:41.00]and they're around 17- or 18-to-1," Pasquarelli added. [01:48.48]The 60 living spaces in the tower [01:51.96]range in cost from $18 million to $66 million. [01:59.00]They offer 360-degree views of the city. [02:05.04]The building sits just south of Central Park, [02:08.64]along a stretch of Manhattan's 57th Street [02:13.20]known as "Billionaires' Row." [02:16.88]At 435 meters, Steinway Tower is the second-tallest [02:23.12]housing structure in the Western Hemisphere. [02:26.96]The tallest is the nearby Central Park Tower at 470 meters. [02:34.24]For comparison, the world's tallest building [02:38.28]is Dubai's Burj Khalifa, which rises 828 meters. [02:45.48]Steinway Tower is so thin at the top that a strong wind [02:51.68]can cause the upper floors to sway by about a half meter. [02:58.16]"Every skyscraper has to move," Pasquarelli said. [03:03.16]"If it's too stiff, it's actually more dangerous [03:07.52]— it has to have flexibility in it." [03:11.32]To prevent the tower from swaying too far, [03:15.56]designers created a counterbalance with steel pieces. [03:20.80]In addition, about 200 rock anchors [03:24.92]provide support from the ground. [03:28.72]Steinway Tower has a long history as the former site of Steinway Hall, [03:35.16]which was built in 1924. [03:39.12]JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group [03:43.56]bought the building in 2013. [03:46.56]The company said it is now looking to the future. [03:51.60]Pasquarelli said of the new site, [03:54.68]"I hope it holds a special place in all future New Yorkers' hearts." [04:01.44]I'm Bryan Lynn. 更多听力请访问51VOA.COM