Tag: 50 west 66th street

WSR sent reporter Bobby Panza out to talk to people in the area to see how they feel about the building (far left with crane).

A state judge ruled against Extell Development in a lawsuit that challenged the developer's use of "mechanical voids" that helped lift the proposed building to 775 feet.

The city Board of Standards & Appeals, which rules on zoning challenges, was deadlocked about whether to allow developer Extell to build a 775-foot tower at 50 West 66th Street.

One issue may be that the project faces community opposition, and could be forced to change its plans based on the results. On Tuesday, preservationist group Landmark West

The next building vying to be the tallest on the Upper West Side won its case before a city board on Tuesday, but it will receive an extra review of

Last week, the City Council voted to approve a text amendment to the New York City zoning code, restricting the size and placement of “mechanical voids,” oversized

Pete Buttigieg has nothing on Julian Giordano, the newly appointed, 16-year-old member of Community Board 7.

The 127-year-old City Club of New York, which once took on Tammany Hall, is now going up against Extell Development and the 775-foot residential skyscraper

The Department of Buildings (DOB) has approved Extell’s revised plans for a 775-foot residential skyscraper at 50 West 66th Street, saying they now comply with

Another Upper West Side skyscraper vying to be the tallest in the neighborhood is inching ahead, even as the city and local residents debate whether it should

The 775-foot-tall development planned for 50 West 66th is on hold, and possibly squashed for good, after the Department of Buildings announced it was

The Department of Buildings has rejected an attempt by opponents of a proposed 775-foot tower at 50 West 66th Street to stop the project.

Preparations for construction have begun at 50 West 66th Street on a proposed 775-foot mixed-use building, which, if completed, would be the

Upper West Side residents have been mobilizing to fight large apartment towers that have been sprouting up in the neighborhood, and last week they got an

On Wednesday, Community Board 7 will be tackling a subject that has some Upper West Siders stressed out -- tall apartment towers.

City Council Member Helen Rosenthal accused Extell Development Company of pulling a “classic bait-and-switch” to triple the height of the building

Remember a few weeks ago when the tower at 200 Amsterdam Avenue (69th Street) was about to be the tallest building on the Upper West Side at 668 feet?