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We went to the top of New York's latest skyscraper to find out how it's being built

William Fierman,Hollis JohnsonJun 3, 2016, 21:08 IST

Hollis Johnson

Bruce Eichner very much enjoys showing off his latest building.

We're in rarefied air, 777 feet above Manhattan's Beaux-Arts Flatiron District - well higher than the golden tops of the Metropolitan Life Tower and New York Life Building a few blocks north.

"We're actually looking down on Rupert Murdoch's three floors at the top of that tower there," said Eichner, founder of the real estate development firm The Continuum Company, with a rather professional smile.

He's pointing down to the top of One Madison, which, until about a month ago, owned the airspace above Madison Square Park.

No more.

All photos by Hollis Johnson unless noted.