A New York skyline building is getting tons of hate on social media recently. Thanks to a 16-year-old Canadian social media user who made a special TikTok account to verbalize her hatred for the 432 Park Avenue building, once dubbed as the "tallest residential building in the world."
Louisa Whitmore, who goes by the username @louisatalksbuildings, started voicing out her opinion about the 432 Park Avenue building in February 2020, where she referred to the New York structure as the "wors building in the world."
Since then, Louisa gained more followers, who are now over 230,100, and her series of clips explaining why she hates the building now has over 5.8 million likes. The Canadian teen first discovered the building when she and her family visited Manhattan in 2018.
Property Details
According to the New York Post, the building that Louisa and her legion of followers are hating on was built in 2015 for a whopping $1.25 billion. The 584,500 square-foot structure has 96 stories, 85 of which are residential, and has a total of 125 units.
Based on the 432 Park Avenue website, each unit in the building features solid oak flooring, high ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The luxurious building also offers housekeepers, personal assistants, and amenities such as offices, playrooms, fitness studios which they call "personal relaxation lounge."
432 Park Avenue Hate List
Louisa hates the building so much that she even found tons of users who shared the same annoyance with the structure. Below are some of the reasons the famous TikTok critic eliminated on her short clips:
The building is "skinny and ugly"
Louisa hates how the building is so tall and narrow that it stands out from the skyline so much. She even compared it to the Empire State Building, which a little bit taller, including the spire, but is only four times as high as its wide, making it look more pleasing.
"This skinniness makes it look like a toothpick or a Lego skyscraper that a 4-year-old would make," Louisa said.
Jenga-Like Structure
The 96-floor building has two open, unenclosed floors for every 12th floor, which creates a Jenga-like structure. This open-air section is part of the architectural plan to allow air currents to pass through the building, preventing wind resistance from knocking off the building.
@louisatalksbuildings i know I talk fast but I’m literally so passionate about my hatred for this building!!!!! ##432parkavenue ##fyp ##newyork ##nyc ♬ original sound - Louisa
It's Only For The Rich
Units at 432 Park Avenue ranges from $5.2 million to $90 million for two to five-bedroom units. Meanwhile, rentals are at $35,000 a month, which is already a lower rate than the $49,000 average they used to get.
Louisa also explained that she hates how the luxury condominium allows owners to conceal their identities through "shell companies."
Deceptive Building Address
The teen TikTok user claims that the building is not technically located at Park Avenue. Instead, it is built at 53rd Street near Fifth Avenue.
"They put a little thing or like a smaller building and said 'this is part of the same building' just so they could get that fancy address and fun title," Louisa explained.
It Sways
The building-enthusiast said that the 432 Park Avenue sways back and forth way more than a regular building would.
"This building is so tall that it actually has to sway a lot more, which means they have up the comforts and pleasure of being in a building that's not swaying, just so they could hold the tile of the 'tallest residential building in the world," for about three years," she added.
