What if a single structure could house half the daily population of New York City—while preserving the land beneath it?
Welcome to Skygridcity Melrose, a 1,000-story, 20-acre vertical megastructure designed to redefine urban living, economic leverage, and planetary-scale infrastructure.
📍 Location: Melrose, Bronx
Set on a 20-acre footprint in one of NYC’s most dynamic neighborhoods, Skygridcity Melrose is more than a building—it’s a sovereign grid in the sky. With over 871 million square feet of usable space, this prototype fuses residential, commercial, civic, and ecological systems into a single vertical framework.
🧮 Capacity & Density
- Residents: ~870,000
- Workers: ~1.74 million
- Visitors: ~3.5 million daily
- Total Daily Occupancy: ~6 million people
That’s over half the daily population of New York City, which currently hosts ~8.5 million residents and ~2.5 million daily visitors. Skygridcity Melrose compresses that scale into a single, elevated grid—liberating the ground below for nature, culture, and regenerative ecosystems.
💰 Estimated Build Cost: $300B–$600B
This includes:
- Core construction across 1,000 stories
- Advanced vertical transport systems
- Smart infrastructure (energy, water, AI)
- Structural engineering for seismic and wind resilience
- Legal overlays, branding, and IP strategy
With recursive phasing, each 100-story tier becomes its own economic engine—leasing residential units, hosting branded retail, and powering immersive media zones.
🌐 Ideological Framework
Skygridcity isn’t just architecture—it’s narrative infrastructure. It challenges horizontal sprawl, decentralizes sovereignty, and reclaims urban space for ecological and cultural regeneration. In Melrose, this prototype becomes a proof-of-concept for planetary deployment—from Lagos to Mumbai to São Paulo.
🔗 What’s Next?
Skygridcity Melrose is the first node in a global network of vertical cities. Each one will be ranked, branded, and deployed based on population density, GDP, zoning overlays, and infrastructure readiness. The future isn’t flat—it’s stacked, sovereign, and scalable.
From Melrose to the Moon—Skygridcity is the grid that lifts humanity.
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