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Originally Posted by mja
I don't think we're in any danger of that.
As noted above me though, the 20 floor blank wall thing is an issue. That one building on Walnut irks the hell out of me and I would hate to see that become a trend. Is there a way to zone that out? Like, a certain number of floors above existing directly attached buildings requires a small setback somewhere in the shared wall line with windows.
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It's almost always due to party / property walls, they are everywhere in Manhattan. Unless the neighboring structures are zoned to disallow overbuilds, then that is what we get.
I can't think of many ways around it, except curtailing overbuilds (which I don't want). Or possibly faux windows or decorative cast concrete party walls, which would be costly. If neighboring structures have lower zoning overbuild heights, then you could add side windows to the upper floors, but that scenario would be unusual.