I think we all kinda jumped the gun here. They haven’t given us an official height as far as I know.
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Found these on Reddit, credit to Lewis Garrison. By 2035 Midtown East alone will most likely have the one of the densest collection of Supertalls on the planet
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Wikipedia is not a valid source though.
Look how small and skinny 520 Fifth Ave looks next to 175 Park Ave
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If it’ll be 1600’+, it’ll be the icon of the 2030s (unless something else bigger/more awe-inspiring gets built). What’s more “grand” than being next to Grand Central? Even at 1500+, it’ll be a great day when this is under construction! 
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“There goes the neighborhood” 
…where has this person been. One Vanderbilt and 270 Park right there. It was already written with the Midtown East rezoning.
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I’d say send him a ‘list of tallest buildings in New York City’ wiki link but nobody on twitter is serious enough for it to matter. It’s like those people who watch 5 seasons of a show and then say ‘can’t believe they just went woke.’ Same species, different breed. Either a bot or nostalgia bait.
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Also the building this is replacing is pure garbage.
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It wasn’t always that way. 
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how much you bet they dont live or work in midtown east either
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With the amount of data the both of us have provided here on YIMBY Forums, an AI could impersonate either one of us and nobody would be the wiser.
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It’s a big debate among us skyscraper nerds. Some people think spires should be included in a building’s height, and other’s don’t. I’m in the Don’t group because I feel a spire is a structure placed on top of a building. But there are nuances, such as this building. The crown is an integral part of the design, and is clearly a part of the overall building, in my humble opinion.
(We don’t need to discuss it. I feel I’ve given both sides of the argument.)
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The NYtimes building and Bank of America are the worst offenders. I’ll even add One WTC to the list.
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Side note: It’s a debate ONLY among skyscraper nerds. Spires are always counted in the official height of a building.
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Height of top occupiable floor is all that should matter. Radio masts are tall too, but nobody cares about those. Same thing if you put one on top of a building, instead of in a cornfield.
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The CTBUH disclosed this long ago in 2013… because of One WTC. If it can be modified (antenna) it is not included, excluding the true height. If its a spire designed to be structurally important in architecture without severe modification it counts. One Liberty Place is still labled 945 feet tall since 1987 even before broadcasting equipment was installed (in 1992 and 2002)
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See what I mean?
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More like a bucket of chum 
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" Updated permits have been filed for 175 Park Avenue, the 1,545-foot tower to be built next to Grand Central Station.
A spokesperson for RXR, the developer behind the tower, told Newsweek: “This filing is the next step in advancing a transformative project next to Grand Central. Construction is expected to start in the coming months.” "
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