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Old Posted Oct 30, 2020, 12:55 AM
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^ Tower Fifth hasn't been approved, but it doesn't really rise from the ground up. 432 Park Avenue is set back, people always forget it has a base, and covers a small portion of the site. The WTC was a state development that superseded city laws.

The reason so many towers have setbacks goes all the way back to the zoning of 1916, and it goes more extensive than that.
https://buildingtheskyline.org/tag/1...ing-ordinance/


More throwbacks to the Commodore...



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