277 Park Avenue and Solow Building are almost the same height, but which is heighest?
Solow Building The Solow Building, located at 9 West 57th Street, is a Manhattan skyscraper built in 1974 and designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. It is located just west of Fifth Avenue between the 57th and 58th Street, next to the Bergdorf Goodman department store and the Plaza Hotel. At 50 stories and 689 ft in height, the building's only nearby competitor by height is the GM Building, located one block north and east. Floors above the 23rd floor offer an unobstructed view of northern Manhattan and a complete view of Central Park and The Plaza Hotel.
The James Monroe The James Monroe (named after James Monroe) is a 312-foot-tall (95-m) residential skyscraper in Newport, Jersey City, New Jersey. It was completed in 1989 and has 34 floors and 4 elevators. It is the 26th tallest building in the city, and was Newport's first condo. Its maintenance bills are less expensive than those at Newport's newer Shore Club as well as having lower selling prices. s of 2016 it is going through major lobby renovations, a name change, and a roof deck hoping to bring up the value.