Architectural top vs honest height
432 Park Avenue is marketed at 425.5m. The highest floor a person can stand on - the highest occupied floor - is at 392.1m. The gap between those two numbers is 33.4m of structure that no occupant reaches.
That gap is the vanity height. As a percentage of architectural top, it is the Vanity Ratio: 7.8%.
In the Honest 100,432 Park Avenue ranks #27 by occupied height.
Vanity context
A Vanity Ratio of 7.8% places 432 Park Avenue within the moderate range. The non-occupiable structure above the highest occupied floor is significant but not unusual for a building of this height.
Comparable buildings
In context
Sources and methodology
Height data sourced from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA). Vanity Ratio calculated as (Architectural Top - Highest Occupied Floor) / Architectural Top. See the full methodology.
Per-field source notes
- architectural_top_m
- Wikipedia - 425.5m to antenna tip
- roof_height_m
- Wikipedia - 396.2m to roof parapet
- highest_occupied_floor_m
- Wikipedia - 85F penthouse at approximately 392m
- hat_factor_pct
- Calculated: (425.5-392.1)/425.5 = 7.8% (using highest occupied, not roof)