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Old Posted Nov 17, 2010, 7:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Lecom View Post
The local nimbies will never allow anything taller than 300 feet or so on the Bryant Park's south side. They'll say that it will eternally block all of the park's sunlight, or something along those lines. They've flipped out at the prospect of a 250 foot tower on the same block, so if this Foster tower wants to see the light of day, it better have MAJOR financial and political backing.
The tower would be as-of-right, so the NIMBYs would be irrelevent.

The other development site (14 West 40th) with all the NIMBYs is on a landmarked lot. This site isn't landmarked; hence no public review.
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