Posted Jan 19, 2019, 2:27 AM
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Official explanation from DOB...
http://gothamist.com/2019/01/18/uws_...6th_extell.php
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"DOB determined that the 160-foot void proposed for this building is not customarily found in residential buildings, and so is contrary to the Zoning Resolution. In addition, we have raised objections, which the developer has not addressed, that occupants of the building may not be able to get from one emergency stairway to the other, as is required, within the proposed void."
Extell, which is both credited and maligned for starting the supertall boom with its Midtown luxury building known as One57, now has 15 days from January 14th in which to respond to the DOB’s letter.
According to information provided by the DOB, the builder faces two choices: it can revise the design of the mechanical space or it can proceed to build a 25-story tower which had been the original plan the developer had filed with the DOB in 2017. At the time, the proposed tower's relatively modest height, which could have been taller as of right, drew suspicions. Later that year, residents' worst fears were realized when the new design was revealed. In a New York Times story, Gary Barnett, the company's founder, brushed off the concerns, joking that by today's standards, “A 700-footer doesn’t even rank anymore” as a super-tall tower.
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They forgot option 3 : Sue those motherfarmers! 
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