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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
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