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Old Posted Jul 17, 2012, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Crawford View Post
There are no height limits, but the maximum floor-area-ratio is 30. You could build the tallest building in the city here, but it would have to win design approval from the city.

Yes, it appears so, and that may well be the case. The max as of right will be 24, but with a special permit (and starchitecture) that jumps to 30.

Also, everyone should keep in mind that when speaking of height in "zoning terms" you are basically talking about floor area. For example, a building with the floor area
to rise 50 floors will mean the same thing in zoning terms today as it did 50 years ago. But obviously a 50 floor office tower today would be much taller for various reasons.

Meanwhile, heavy emphasis is being put on the sites closest to Grand Central, and its no coincidence that this site in particular is used as an example.

From some of the early documents of MIDTOWN EAST:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/eas...wn/index.shtml















An example shows a tower rising on the SL Green site...







(on a side note, its funny that the Tower Verre serves as such inspiration for the skyline)
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