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needle tower en · NOUN
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A very thin, very tall structure, such as an apartment tower.
Ming Wu, design principal at architect Perkins Eastman, says, “In New York real estate terms, the appearance of needle towers on the skyline is a very recent phenomenon. At present, in Manhattan, there are easily a dozen or so needle towers being planned or under construction—and ranging in height from 900 to 1,500 feet [274 to 457 m]
2016 March 14, Mark Cooper, “Svelte Density: Needle Towers Puncture the Sky”, in Urban Land Magazine:
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