[I]n New York, where land is scarce and the streetscape is increasingly crowded, a growing number of residential projects are turning the conventional skyscraper on its head. By building with cantilevers, they start narrow at the street but expand as they rise, more lollipop than traditional wedding cake.

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Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, cantilevers 30 feet out to the east, over the Art Students League of New York, to capture Central Park views
Central Park Tower at 217 West 57th Street, designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, cantilevers 30 feet out to the east, over the Art Students League of New York, to capture Central Park views © Katherine Marksfor the New York Times