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Old Posted Jul 6, 2010, 2:31 PM
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And that was lost decades ago. It's the specifice zoning that decides how big skyscrapers are now. But it's the zoning that is frequently changed, for various reasons. For example, the far west side of Manhattan was rezoned for large office towers. The area around Penn Station has also been zoned for high rise office development, and tools are in place for size bonuses generated by transit improvements. This was done by city planning, much of it under Amanda Burden. In effect, this tower is as much a city development as it is Vornado's.
well this actually holds today...conde nast,bofa,NYT tower,twc,etc. there rlly are no midblock supertalls
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