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Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District

Protective Mechanisms

R8-B Contextual Zoning Districts

W. 70th Street midblock – north side

Upper West Side: Predominantly Low-Rise Midblocks

W. 70th Street midblock – south side

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Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District: Side-Street Character

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“Avenue” buildings – view north along Central Park West

101 Central Park West – view east from 70th Street

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District: Central Park West Character

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Proposed 9-Story Building: On a Midblock Characterized by 4- and 5-Story Brownstones

R10-AR8-B

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View from Central Park

View from W. 70th St.

101 Central Park West

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GIS Maps

Upper West Side Building Heights

1 – 6 stories (typ. rowhouse)

Number of Stories

7 – 12 stories (typ. tenement)

13 – 36 stories (typ. apartment building)

72nd St.

West 70th Street

R8-B Zoning DistrictsR8-B zoning encourages buildings that are compatible with existing low-rise buildings, typically traditional rowhouses.

Max FAR = 4.0Max streetwall height = 60 ft.

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20-40 W. 70th Street, 1910Office for Metropolitan History

W. 70th Street, 2003

“A Block Full of Late-19th-Century Row Houses”

– New York Times columnist Christopher Gray, 2/16/03

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19 W. 69th Street 18 W. 70th Street

Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District: Height Anomalies

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Former rowhouses on site of existing community house(Tax Photo ca. 1940)

Existing community houseJune 2003

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Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue: “Temple” Anchoring the Corner