A propose wooden pillar in Central Park would develop world records and clean house contaminated water system — all while providing visitor with a arresting survey of one of the public ’s largest urban parks , according toArchitectural Digest .
Designed by New York studio apartment DFA , the prefabricated timber construction — called Central Park Tower — would loom 712 substructure above Manhattan , making it the tallest of its kind . But it would n’t be strictly for decorative purposes .
Standing in the center of the green ’s scenic ( yet dreadfully contaminated ) Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir , the tugboat would also come fit with a erect - bloc tip turbine . This eco - friendly feature would generate index to separate out the 106 - acre man - made lake ’s approximately 1 billion gallons of contaminated water . Since few people would belike turn down the hazard to mark a large aerial view of the Big Apple , Central Park Tower would also bid a 56 - foot - wide view chopine , providing park visitors a panorama of the urban center .
Central Park Tower would be manufactured offsite and constructed in less than six calendar month , allot a DFA press press release . Even though the projection would n’t require months of labor or expensive materials , it would still rate among the metropolis ’s alloy and looking glass skyscraper as one of the 50 tall building in all of New York . We ’ll pledge a deoxyephedrine of purified water to that .
see to it out some renderings of the proposed undertaking below :
[ h / tArchitectural Digest ]
