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Originally Posted by Eveningsong
"The new tower must get approval from the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission..."
Could this be shortened or blocked??  |
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Originally Posted by NYguy
No.
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While I certainly hope you're right, however I don't think the answer to this question is as absolute as you suggest. It depends on what kind of jurisdiction Landmarks has over this tower (i.e. how its situated on the site, how it incorporates the Steinway Building, etc). I've worked on a lot of Landmarks projects. Once they insisted on reviewing our building that was located immediately adjacent to a Landmarks district because it cast shadows within the district. I don't think this kind of situation will be the cast here given that an as of right tower was previously proposed here, however LPC can be unpredictable.
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Originally Posted by NYguy
Even the CB supports this.
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While the land use committee supported the proposal, the full CB still has to vote on (and hopefully approve) it. Furthermore, just because the CB supports a project, it doesn't mean Landmarks will approve it (although it helps). I once worked on a rooftop addition project in SoHo that got approval from the CB, only to then be rejected by Landmarks.
Anyway, fingers crossed that this is approved and built as planned. I think it looks amazing!
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