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Group Sues To Block Tallest Planned Tower On UWS
Extell Development's planned tower will rise 775-feet-tall on West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.

Extell Development's planned tower will rise 775-feet-tall on West 66th Street between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West.

Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, State Senator Brian Benjamin and tenants make their voices heard as Albany considers rent control laws.

The famous singer and actress lived in the Central Park West penthouse for nearly four decades.
The planned 775-foot-tall tower was one of the inspirations for new city regulations against excess mechanical voids.
Politicians and community opponents of 200 Amsterdam rallied at the development site Tuesday to demand the city revoke construction permits.
Noise from a double-wide townhouse construction on West 69th Street has forced some neighbors to take up arms and others to flee.
The Supreme Court sided with a legal challenge against the UWS tower last month, but developers have been able to continue building.
Most of the iconic Midtown hotel is being redeveloped into condos. During construction, artifacts can be seen at the NY Historical Society.
A city Board of Standards and Appeals ruling in favor of 200 Amsterdam Avenue was vacated Thursday.
The city has punished Hank Fried for converting single-room-occupancy housing into an illegal hotel on Broadway and West 103rd Street.
City council members Mark Levine and Margaret Chin will introduce a resolution Thursday that backs bills currently in the state legislature.
Residents of 120 Riverside Boulevard have voted to remove "Trump Place" from the building's branding due to tanking home values.
The Pulizter Prize-winning author spent the later years of his life living on the Upper West Side.
The single room costs $510 per month, which is pretty good for renters that don't mind living in a closet.
A landlord illegally circumvented rent regulation for decades after converting two buildings into sham co-ops.
Current zoning rules allow developers to build large mechanical spaces that essentially put high-priced apartments on stilts.
Local elected officials have criticized the development for being out-of-scale for the historically low-rise neighborhood.
Developers filed plans in 2017 to construct a 15-story building at the site.
Extell Development revealed plans to build a 775-foot-tall development on West 66th Street in 2017.
The 196-unit development called "The Corner" on West 72nd Street and Broadway will have new ownership.
The 40-story development will be one of Morningside Heights' largest buildings and will generate funds for Union Theological Seminary.
Developers are barred from conducting any concrete work until they can convince the City that accidents won't happen in the future.
The mixed-use development will rise more than 280 feet and contain 173 apartments.
The Department of Buildings determined arguments made against a planned 775 foot-tall tower on West 66th Street were "not valid."
Local City Councilman Mark Levine cited the tower as a need for rezoning reform in the neighborhood.
The mixed-use development will replace a 1-story building on Broadway between West 93rd and 94th streets.
Developers will demolish a two-story commercial space on Broadway and West 58th Street to make way for the facility.
A condo board vote at 200 Riverside Boulevard resulted in nearly 70 percent of owners in favor of ditching Trump's brand.
Plans to convert 720 West End Avenue into a condominium building with 120 apartments are before the city Landmarks Preservation Commission.
The city Board of Standards and Appeals ruled in favor of the planned 668-foot development in July.
Condos built in a former Catholic school on West End Avenue are now up for sale starting at $7.9 million.
Studios, one-bedrooms, two-bedrooms and three-bedrooms are being offered at rents below $1,553 per month.
Developers are hard at work on what was once the tallest planned tower on the Upper West Side.
The "happily married" couple of 40 years are at odds over a $13 million condo in ritzy 15 Central Park West.
The city Department of Buildings will review the zoning challenge against Extell's planned 50 West 66th Street.
Real estate developer Kenneth Horn is behind the planned luxury condo building.
The three-story townhouse is located in the ultra-private Pomander Walk.
The Upper West Sider is accused of illegally converting a residential building into a 48-room hotel.
Eleven men who worked as carpenters and rebar workers on a West 74th Street development say they were stiffed on overtime pay.
Thirteen condos built in a former Catholic school on West End Avenue will hit the market in Fall. Check out a first look here.