The Steinway Tower: The Skinniest Skyscraper in the World

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[@GODEYE270115]

3ft sway in something that tall? Hats off to whoever lives in the top floors. They’re more brave than I could ever be

[@davidwright7193]

1m isn’t much sway on a building that tall. I lived on the 23rd floor of a sky scraper in Astana and that swayed more than that in winter storms. You could see the curtains moving in the windows.

[@bobfg3130]

@Saffron-Terrorism(trends top on internet) If you believe that bs you're in fot a surprise.

[@erroltheterrible]

How do you walk on a floor that moves by 1m?! The penthouse should have hammocks instead of beds!

[@tomtheplummer7322]

You would never feel it.

[@stevenr5149]

A billionaire buys this for a novelty and investment, or for a place to stay when visiting NYC. I bet less than 25% of those apartments have people living in them full time. Yes a billionaire can buy a 20 million apt and not even miss the money.

[@AndyanaJones]

Please do a video on Seabed2030, the megaproject to map 100% of the ocean floor by 2030. Such a cool project and not getting nearly the attention it deserves.

[@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476]

Def sounds interesting

[@slymarbo4046]

This

[@aceundead4750]

Is that still being done? It's been so long since i heard about it that i thought it had been abandoned

[@kevinsierra482]

isnt there a similar project to map like the amazon and all the lost temples/civilizations?

[@aceundead4750]

@@kevinsierra482 last i heard about a project like that was when a group of archeologists tried to claim a Canadian kids find as their own after claiming that he hadnt found anything, all because the archeologists were butthurt by the fact a kid using widely available software was able to find a sturcture that had avoided their detection for so many years

[@Dank-gb6jn]

2:05 is when the video truly starts.

[@matthewwebster3143]

Not all heroes wear capes!

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@matthewwebster3143 thank you sir!

[@tsbrownie]

@Matthew Webster I saw a documentary about superheroes and capes were deleted from all uniforms by their uniform supplier. ;)

[@davidwood9966]

Although it was fun watching him drink that green stuff too.

[@joselenyoung]

True. That said I even recommend to straight get to 2:40 👀 tbh …

[@SuperPerfectMan]

69% of the video is an ad

[@cmoulden78]

No shit, I thought I clicked on the wrong video at first 😂😂😂

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45% of this ad is a video

[@MiggerPlease]

Scammers

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[@user-dg9pu4pe9d]

Cutting corners is always a sound building practice. Nothing ever goes wrong. Just ask the Millennium Tower.

[@Greg-yu4ij]

After their financial success it bugs me that they didn’t take care of their workers

[@milk-it]

🤣 Too true!

[@leroy420b]

Yeah it would be super sad if all those billionaires building happened to fall down with them in it 🤣

[@wendalboy]

so true - ask the grenfell residents - shocking on a building of this scale

[@schwarzerritter5724]

If you don't cut corners, you couldn't afford to build at all. Everyone can build a bridge that stands, it takes an engineer to build a bridge that barely stands.

[@sweetpeaz61]

There is absolutely NO FREEKING WAY you would get me high up in that thing...3 Ft sway = just no way

[@alisondale979]

Concur. Hell no!

[@TitularHeroine]

You couldn't even get me into the elevator much less the topmost floors. .....without the promise of Scooby Snacks.

[@jpdemer5]

Probably too slow a motion to even be noticed.

[@ericmason349]

It is amazing how listening to this video of the skinniest skyscraper increases my anxiety of acrophobia. Between the labor practices (dealing with NYC unions would have been a nightmare also) and the questionable building inspectors I would not have any faith in the integrity of the building.

[@tomtheplummer7322]

A trip to CN tower in Toronto might not help...or maybe it will cure you. The external elevator, clear floor and an outdoor hike about the observation deck might do the trick.

[@BlackDoveNYC]

How would dealing with unions been a nightmare? Because they’d be able to get paid what they’re worth? Because they’d have the right to insist on safety? Or perhaps the fact that they’d have the training and expertise to do the job?

[@ABentPaperclip]

wow, so a super tall skyscraper built _specifically_ for the ultra rich was built by exploiting the ultra-poor. i am SHOCKED. shocked i tell you.

[@jacara1981]

1%: I'm not going to pay unions for their work Also 1%: HEY why is my building falling apart?

[@ephennell4ever]

Just because it's 'Union', it's structurally sound? And having a piece of paper with "P.H.D." on it makes you smart, of course! Jeez ...

[@MrTexasDan]

Right, unions guarantee quality? NY unions guarantee apathy, organized crime, and high cost.

[@rogaineablar5608]

No way in hell would I live in something that tall. Imagine a fire drill or actual fire evacuation? And then there's the wind thing...

[@PatMcCarthy420]

You don't have to be in a union to qualify for overtime. It's federal law that anyone who works over 40 hours in a week automatically qualifies for OT. I'm sure the state of New York offers overtime and workers' compensation to undocumented workers as well.

[@jameswilson5165]

Yep. Illegal alien non-profit groups were probably all over this. Someone pocketed a lot of that money.

[@Ecosse57]

there you go ruining the narrative.

[@Ashannon888]

YOu're right but if a lot of the workers are undocumented, they might not know. PLus even if they do, their bosses might tell them , "As k for overtime/benefits and you'll be on the first train back to Mexico"

[@Johnny2Feathers]

When I drove for FedEx , anything over over 8 hours a day was OT. Not the law but it should be.

[@Justwantahover]

10:47 I was cleaning the windows of a newly refurbished high building in Brisbane (like 14 stories up). I was cleaning the inside windows of the building when a window fell out of the building (that broke loose) and fell down with a loud thud (just a few meters from a woman and baby in a stroller). After which was a big investigation. But I already knew what the problem was. Plastic fittings instead of metal ones. It easily broke due to age. All the window fittings would have to have been replaced (hopefully NOT with plastic fittings). A lot of windows. They were swing-around windows allowing the outside of the window to be cleaned inside (I swung the window around and it went down). Good idea for cleaning outside but the material for the pivot sucked. Why make it out of plastic? What were they thinking?

[@MasterBlaster3545]

I lived on the 22nd floor in a tower block in Woolwich in 1987 and when the hurricane hit I felt the swaying when I woke up. The light fitting was also swaying. It was a bit scary but I fell back to sleep 5 minutes later and the rest was history.

[@eaphantom9214]

Lol 😂 Even if I were a billionaire, I wouldn't buy a penthouse in that thing. It looks so unstable and could split in half at any moment!

[@boris2342]

That thing will blow over in a stiff wind ( LOL )

[@stewpacalypse7104]

If "Let them eat cake." was made into a building.

[@lonebison]

Even with all the obstacles that went into building this tower it's truly an engineering marvel in my humble opinion. Every time I go to NYC I make it a point to see it up close as it was being built and now that it's finished it's amazing to see in person. Love the retro style of the of the terracotta and the preservation of the Steinway Hall. Sunlight makes different patterns of shadows and colors during the course of the day. Gorgeous!

[@serephita]

The fact that it sways up to 3ft each way is enough to give me a huge amount of anxiety. I doubt I'd be able to be in there, the motion would give me vertigo.

[@Narangarath]

The slight sway of my 20 story building is plenty to be nerve tickling in high winds, I absolutely can not imagine living with a 3ft sway. That is such a big nope.

[@sydneyfong]

As a Hong Konger that used to live on the 22nd floor of an apartment building and familiar with the regular seasonal typhoons, I can definitely attest to that. Even a couple inches of sway feels a bit disorienting.

[@serephita]

@@Narangarath I remember in I think it was 2019? when we had a 4th of July earthquake here in Vegas, like 30 seconds before it started I thought I was falling sideways. It was terrifying

[@fredorman2429]

I expect to see the Steinway tower on a future “great engineering disasters” video.

[@somedude4805]

Same, but out of spite. I just enjoy seeing vanity projects fail spectacularly. I'm not an "eat the rich" type, but I do enjoy when narcissistic elitists lose.

[@sayuas4293]

you mean if that thing collapses? It'd take a significant chunk of manhattan with it

[@seand67]

Exactly

[@moeinnowrouzi]

Why do you admire them when China and UAE build skyscrapers (while they were built by enslaved Bangladeshi immigrants and without wages), but when it is built in America, you hate it and wish for its destruction?

[@robsquared2]

It is pretty impressive. What would be more impressive? Affordable houses during a massive housing shortage.

[@republicoftexas3261]

No housing for us! Seems to be the sentiment. If you don't have a high wage dual income I hope you like one bedroom apartments in bad areas. Oh and they'll be old apartments. Only the government subsidized non workers or the wealthy get the new apartments.

[@oke518]

A building built using unethical practices for people with more money than is By any stretch of the imagination reasonable. Just what New York City needed.

[@SF-eo6xf]

There is no housong shortage. You all just want to live at the center.

[@flakgun153]

Affordable housing is just a scam for taxpayers to get fucked. What we need is a shitloads of market rate housing. Studies show that subsidized housing doesn't reduce gentrification or prices but market rate housing actually does.

[@republicoftexas3261]

@@flakgun153 I definitely don't want subsidized housing. I just want somebody to build small houses on tiny plots of land so that we have starter homes. Those don't exist anymore. Now the smallest thing anyone builds is a 4 bedroom with a 2 car garage.

[@robertasirgutz8800]

Tragic. As a lifelong resident of NYC, I've had the pleasure of attending a concert at Steinway Hall, celebrating the partnership of my husband, with another dentist. His wife was performing. I love this town, and to see these grotesque projects keep cropping up, especially in light of the crisis of affordable housing, is very depressing.

[@Menstral]

Virtue signaling nitwit

[@robertasirgutz8800]

@@Menstral Amazing. What about offering a comment of your own? I guess it's more fun to insult others with a rude reply.

[@Nuvendil]

If you're upset about housing affordability, your anger is quite misdirected if it's aimed at these buildings. The problem in NYC is that the regulatory enviornment that permitted it's growth, prosperity, and made it a melting pot for people from all walks of life has been replaced by the same controlling, restrictive, and downright destructive framework that has a stranglehold on US cities everywhere. So long as all of that remains in place, the issues will contine. And they will get worse. Even if you blocked every single construction project of this type.

[@Johnny2Feathers]

@Menstral you comment deleter !

[@ignitionfrn2223]

3:10 - Chapter 1 - History & design 6:40 - Chapter 2 - The build 11:25 - Chapter 3 - The finished product

[@spencerwiltse2855]

If this isn't the most American construction project ever

[@dudepool7530]

Damn, you beat me to it. My question though: where the hell are all the "liberal progressives" in NY to stand up for the poor Mexicans?

[@RCAvhstape]

@@dudepool7530 They're all up in that tower they built, thinking of new ways to restrict you and make you poorer.

[@dudepool7530]

@@RCAvhstape pretty sure at that level of power, Left and right are meaningless. As for everyone else...Left wing, right wing, they're all tantrum throwing children.

[@feekalphabeet9217]

Sounds like the tower is truly symbolic for the social & cultural situation in the US.

[@sp3lllz]

its funny cause from the few people i know that live in NYC almost all newyorkers hate this thing

[@patrickdurham8393]

Can't wait for Plainly Difficult to document this disaster waiting to happen. Simon talks them up and Plainly dissects the remains.

[@janelleamber]

Even if I were a billionaire I would never buy that thing! It can split off anytime

[@janelleamber]

Merry Christmas to you and happy new year in advance

[@janelleamber]

I would LOVE TO KNOW YOU BETTER THAT'S IF YOU DON'T MIND LEAVING ME A REPLY

[@TitularHeroine]

Hi, Simon; Interesting episode! I'd like to suggest a Megaprojects vid about Long Now, the mechanical (ie not electronic) clock that's meant to run for thousands of years. Thank you!

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

An engineering marvel, no doubt. But I wouldn’t trade my regular house for one of those apartments. My backyard has opossums, raccoons and especially skunks. We have fruit trees and roses and Christmas lights up. I wouldn’t be happy without those things.

[@jmchez]

I have all of those critters in my yard and I can see the Steinway tower if I climb on my roof. Yes, I live right across the river in New Jersey.

[@RCAvhstape]

Steinway Tower has skunks living in it, so there's that.

[@ActressNikiHart]

I rarely care about architecture, but this building is an eyesore in a beautiful city

[@jXmikeX]

It's terrible

[@brolohalflemming7042]

I get the feeling it won't be around for long. Especially given the construction practices and corner cutting. Downside is most of the victims aren't likely to be residents, because these are investments, not homes.

[@two-bit8502]

They don't go to that city.

[@SnifferSock]

New York beautiful? Maybe at skyscraper height 😂

[@rubiconnn]

@annefrankvapepen2064 lol it's always been terrible people.

[@Rambl3On]

I love how they incorporated modern art deco elements to the building. Brings back some old new your design

[@RoySATX]

I agree, although snobby Simon and the other commentors here would say we are horrible people for liking the building.

[@MikeBaxterABC]

12:00 .. did anyo0ne else notice the door handles are a replica of the building itself! Awesome Iove it!

[@michaelwhalen2442]

Good catch!

[@lovro4744]

Maybe do a mega project video on a big budget film like, LOTR of avatar or like the old Ben Hur. That would be interesting to see.

[@orangegalen]

Well, at least for LotR, they’ve already done that for the extended appendices.

[@bobfg3130]

You mean or?

[@griffinmckenzie7203]

@@bobfg3130 ?

[@MrWphilips]

How about a revisit to the towering inferno?

[@eliezra6098]

Excellent video. Thank you

[@russellfitzpatrick503]

Is the big red structure, on the one side of the tower, actually meant to be there ... and is it a piece of scaffolding left over from the build, a crutch ... or the emergency stairway?

[@kennixox262]

A crane that has already been removed.

[@garimasinghkilpatrickart]

Love your content. So well researched. My husband just showed me an older video on your channel, where the artwork on the wall behind you is more clearly visible. It is so beautiful. If it's not too much trouble, could you please share the name and details of the artist? Thank you!

[@phdtobe]

I consider it an utter music history tragedy of epic proportions that the Steinway & Sons store was destroyed in order for this toothpick of a skyscraper to be built.

[@3markaw]

It was not destroyed. Where do you get your information ? Steinway moved the showroom but the Steinway building and Steinway Hall is still there.

[@phdtobe]

@@3markaw Phew! I thought they destroyed it to make room for that space needle.

[@somedude4805]

Simon should do an episode on Lake Point Tower in Chicago. It's the only residential address east of Lake Shore Drive, and it's construction was fraudulent from it's very conception. It's another one of those places where rent starts at 5 figures per month.

[@gradyeger313]

I just came across this video today. Something about the name seemed very familiar. I reached out to my father about the building and I guess our family's manufacturing company was the one who made all the doors for the complex. And my father stated during one of his trips to the building that he actually had to work on the entryway to the penthouse. Really really cool building and cool to find out that my family has a little part in that complex every time the door opens. I have been a long time subscriber of the channel and really appreciate all the incredible videos your team produces.

[@modulator7861]

Alas, these new ultra-tall buildings are the *Skinny Jeans* of Architecture. But a cautionary tale: 10+ years ago, I saw some hip young skate punks wearing Levi's skinny jeans at the local Skatepark where I used to take my kids. I liked the overall look - so I bought some skinny jeans, and shoehorned myself into them. They were slimming - and surprisingly stretchy (due to recent advances in elastic fabrics) - so I figured I could rock the look... However, the challenging physics of my Size 37 ass disagreed... I spent all the next day at the office trying to hide 3-4" of exposed ass-crack. In short, just because recent advances in engineering and materials science makes something possible, doesn't mean it's a good idea.

[@baylorairbear]

I already have (admittedly irrational) fear of skyscrapers. No way I could set foot in this wafer.

[@cikame]

That picture of it cutting through the park makes me sad

[@EmilyJelassi]

Fascinating video! I don’t care what engineers say, buildings and bridges shouldn’t sway!!

[@waverod9275]

It's almost as though, by trying to build it on the cheap, the builders had issues with quality.....

[@aceundead4750]

Still holding out for a Megaprojects video on the Galileo Project

[@mikefarough8806]

Requesting the Glencor Kidd Mine in Timmins Ontario, deepest mine below sea level.

[@lucasjames7524]

If I had the money to buy one of those apartments, the last place I'd want to live is NYC. I'd have a massive estate in the country and nobody would ever see me.

[@kennixox262]

People who buy in those buildings already have large estates, country homes, other apartments, yachts, Worldwide. This is just another place to stay but mostly these are places to stash money.

[@anix712]

@@kennixox262 Exactly this. As Simon mentioned towards the end of the video, most of these apartments will NEVER be lived in. At best they may be "stayed at" a few days a year while their owner's in town, but even that's unlikely.

[@michaelwhalen2442]

Yep! And no more than one story high. That way, its' not much of a problem if you fall out the window.

[@joevecchio4687]

Thank god

[@bondisteve3617]

Wow. Thanks Simon.

[@Ayamechan1113]

I hope every billionaire who lives there gets seasick in their gilded age themed ultra luxury condos.

[@anix712]

That would imply they ever actually spent any time living there. They won't.

[@J3scribe]

Skyscrapers have been shedding exterior cladding on pedestrians since they were developed in the 1800s. The Standard Oil building in Chicago (now the Aeon tower) dropped huge chunks of its Italian marble exterior because that Mediterranean marble did not react well to the temperature swings of Chicago's climate. Remarkably, the same Italian marble that was used to clad the Grande Arche in Paris reacted the same way, 20 years after the lessons learned by the Standard Oil building in Chicago. Lesson learned: If you live in a city, avoid living in a city. lol

[@aodhganmerrimac]

Add to that Boston's John Hancock tower-we called it the Plywood Ranch, all the windows kept popping out & the whole were patched with plywood. The whole damn thing could have collapsed at one point & the public was never told. The had to install a giant concrete counter weight to dampen the sway!

[@dreytucker4464]

I really enjoy this Chanel, nothing against this video but I love the military videos. Thanks for all the content.

[@theemissary1313]

Yeah, getting vertigo just looking at it!

[@stevec404]

A 'sway' of up to three feet?! I'm getting my deposit back!

[@greyfriars6540]

An elegant building and engineering feat, but I'll admire it from a distance through a pair of binoculars.

[@littlejon2683]

I just don't understand why you'd want to live in that place for that much.

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[@adamstein2054]

All this time I’ve been taking vitamins when I should have been taking vitamins

[@rustyshaklferd1897]

I’m sure the people on the 30s and 40s floors look at the billionaires on the first 29 floors as peasants 😂

[@ggrreeggy]

so when you bend a paperclip over and over it will break. What is the time for the sway to do the same to this building/

[@dominicwaghorn6459]

Did you loose your desk? Also can you start a mega projects channel for fantasy builds? First episode: the Death Star

[@Nextempus]

Should totally do a video on the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg. Even if for the budget blowout alone!

[@friddevonfrankenstein]

C'mon, 80M€....800M€...it's just a single digit difference, that digit being zero and everyone knows that zero means nothing.

[@CHMichael]

How far does the top floor swing in 40mph winds? (13:08) People get seasick in normal skyscrapers. I bet only 10 units are occupied. But it looks really cool

[@Hillbilly001]

Only if it has easy access to Lombardi's on Water St. Cheers from Tennessee

[@naswinger]

a project of 2 billion dollars and probably a ridiculous profit margin, but they still had to rip off workers and commit various kinds of fraud. i guess that's how one gets rich.

[@jetsons101]

What a creepy place to live, a three-foot sway. I think I'll stick to my SFH in the suburbs. Thanks to Simon and team for posting.....

[@pavelow235]

@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime Ω Cities 🤣

[@jetsons101]

@FN-1701AgentGodzillaRangerPrime Ω Suburbs, a front yard, back yead and side yards. Getting with neighbors and shooting off fireworks for the fourth of July, having "driveway BBQ's" New Years Eve with neighbors and setting off firecrackers and midnight and so on. Have a great day.....

[@davidwright7193]

@@jetsons101 American suburbs? Little boxes made of ticky tacky that all look just the same and are cooking the planet? Personally I would rather live in a Kruschevskya at least there my kids have a playground in walking distance (if not 3 or 4) and there is a grocery shop on the ground floor so I won’t starve to death without a car.

[@jetsons101]

@@davidwright7193 You sound like one sad angry little man. You must say "Oh mommy, he lives different than us--He's bad" Our house is not little, it's not a box and it's custom built---a unique look. As for "cooking the planet" bitch to china and India for burning more coal and everyone else put together. I worked to buy a SFH, If you want to live in a tower block fine. If you want to take a bus fine, if I drive a car fine. Get off your mommy's lap, go outside, get some sun and grow a pair and go and live your life and quit bitching to everyone that lives different. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.....

[@davidwright7193]

@@jetsons101 ah yes just because I know what a Kruschevskya is and would rather live in one than your “custom designed” little box of ticky tacky in a car dependent hell scape with no shops, cafes, schools, playgrounds, parks, theatres, or even cinemas within walking distance I must be angry. I once lived for 3 years in a tower block and mainly lived in houses or bungalows but I have never lived without having basic amenities within walking distance. I strongly suspect that I have seen much more of the world than you have living in your racist isolation. It must be living in an isolating environment with no social amenities that is wrecking your mental health. Try going out and using those appendages on the bottom of your body, oh you can’t because you have chosen to have to pollute the environment any time you do anything.

[@ebw16256]

Crazy how people lived stacked up like that.

[@joevecchio4687]

I’m on the 40th floor at 56 and first and admire this building from my balcony I always wondered what the story is behind it

[@Un_Abandoned]

"and now todays video" jeez man you sounded so lively until you were done. lmao

[@---l---]

I enjoyed the dramatic prediction of such foolish and stupid buildings. High-Rise is a 2015 British dystopian film directed by Ben Wheatley from a screenplay by Amy Jump, based on the 1975 novel of the same name by British writer J. G. Ballard.[4] The film stars Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans and Elisabeth Moss.[5] It was produced by Jeremy Thomas through his production company Recorded Picture Company. Via Wikipedia

[@anthonyC214]

You forgot to mention how much in bribe money to City officials had to be paid to even start the project. It is too tall and casts a shadow over Central Park which in violation of the zoning codes By the way, the building moves so much that most of the times the elevators do not work as the safety switches shut down the system in high winds. I can not wait until it is condemn.

[@markwalsh2340]

"The Steinway is unsinkable"...-Cpt. Smith

[@dylanb3431]

When is the episode of megaprojects: all of Simon's KZbin channels?

[@rustyshaklferd1897]

I can see the people on the top floors mocking those on the lowers. “ how’s the view of surrounding buildings peasant?”

[@taitjames]

Did this mans just drop a chicken little reference in a damn megaprojects video. GOAT status.

[@stewiewonder2601]

From the architectural point of view it's simply beautiful - so is their Brooklyn Tower. Especially compared to latest addition to NYC skyline, One Vanderbilt and Chase headquarters, it's good to see there's some good architecture happening once in a while. But hearing about workers not getting paid, or getting paid the minimum, for apartments sold for so much money, is just beyond my comprehension. I think we all need revolution.

[@JimAllen-Persona]

Not fit-eh-min… v-eye-ta-min😂😂😂 I wonder how they got around the ground width to height ratio.

[@The1stDukeDroklar]

Anyone that's worked in construction knows that union work is of a higher quality than non-union work. The fact they used non-union workers on this project means I would not live there if it were free.

[@Genghis-Jon]

It's funny. I get to Manhattan a couple dozen times a year. A few years ago, i was staying in Alphabet City, and I noticed the silhouette at night and thought 'When did they put that monster up??"

[@qwerty112311]

Looks lit

[@PhantomFilmAustralia]

You better get beat your writer, Danny up. Tell him there's no need to write "side profile" as the word "profile" means "side". 🤣

[@edwardhamm5535]

The architects, Shop Architect's, used Revit Autocad to design each piece of the buiilding,s outer skin and worked with glazed terracotta and cast bronze contractors to restore those materials to modern uses as well as using purchased air-rights to preserve adjacent historic structures.

[@frye11229]

There’s not nearly enough ads in this video

[@jj-ry2db]

I think this is one the most beautiful building in new york.

[@isabelledetaillefer2726]

Creepy place. An eerie tale waiting to happen.

[@annoyed707]

How did I ever live without learning of the Vitamin Pack Tower and its 46 servant apartments, or whatever this might be about.

[@reddwarfer999]

That dark green liquid he's drinking looks absolutely revolting.

[@Mithras444]

No, no and NO way I would even visit this property!!!😮

[@davidrobertson5700]

How to aim for a toilet when the stream of wee would have a 3 foot variation ?

[@markchip1]

I was amazed that it isn't even on Google Earth!!!

[@alistairmcelwee7467]

So, if there’s a fire, and mostly, no one above the 6th floor can be within reach of fire departments, what happens if you are in some enormously high floor?

[@gallakochar4245]

⛳️No fire in those apartment as those billionaire owners don’t cook at home.. lol 😅😅

[@asynchronous_man]

Not just B1M, great!

[@lbwlawyer]

Ok, seriously, that is approaching a “dead Russian poet” level of beard.

[@rossharper1983]

I've just sat on a toilet and taken a 💩 to watch this video....no toilet paper 😯...Goodbye new Xmas socks 😥

[@donsandsii4642]

Not sure if you have covered Empire State building, Chrysler Building, Willis Tower and the other super tall buildings

[@adamblack6867]

Sways 3 feet on the wind I imagine your furniture would need to be bolted down and imagine what that would do to the plumbing and elevators.

[@oculosprudentium8486]

One day soon, that pencil will SNAP and shatter the proverbial toothpick and I'll be laughing then

[@michaelborden8176]

Love your work. Correction: it’s Grand Central Terminal.

[@Rockoblocko]

How about the Hudson yards? Maybe a side project?

[@tomtheplummer7322]

Soon adverts for Soylent Green. Great go with, for your Super Beets.

[@cliveashleyhamilton]

I like this video just for the bit about the sponsor