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This may turn out to be something real, but for now there is nothing concrete to go on.

Mystery Flyover: Video Reveals Possible Supertall South of the Empire State Building

By: Nikolai Fedak on November 3rd 2014 at 7:00 am
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Architectural rendering firm AJSNY produced the short film, which illustrates an approximately 1,100-foot tower rising just to the south of the Empire State Building. The skyscraper’s block appears to be that bound by 28th and 29th Streets, and Broadway and 5th Avenue; conveniently enough, the apparent parcel is currently vacant, and is the site of one of the neighborhood’s largest remaining parking lots.
The Municipal Art Society’s Accidental Skyline map shows hundreds of thousands of square feet of unused air rights on the block, so the area is certainly ripe for a tower if enough development rights can be bought. The zoning on Fifth Avenue allows residential use while the other parts of the block can only support commercial uses; what the makeup of this tower would be depends on which part of the block it sits on and whose air rights the developers got ahold of.
Height is certainly something NoMad is becoming increasingly familiar with, and several notable projects are rising in the vicinity.
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