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    Variance Granted for Expansion of Private School

    Variance  •  Upper West Side, Manhattan
    Fredrick Becker testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA

    Fredrick Becker testifies before the Board of Standards and Appeals. Image credit: BSA

    Variance was opposed by local community board, neighborhood groups.  On July 14, 2015 the Board of Standards and Appeals voted to grant a variance to the applicant, Manhattan Country School, for enlarging its new building.  The school currently occupies a five-story townhouse on 7 East 96th Street in Manhattan’s Upper East Side and intends to relocate to a four-story building with three mezzanines on 150 West 85th Street in the Upper West Side.  The renovation would divide the subject building’s double-height interior spaces, create a cutout for an interior courtyard, expand the sixth floor, construct a penthouse, and extend the rear yard egress stair.

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    Tags : 150 West 85th Street, Board of Standards & Appeals, Fredrick Becker, Manhattan Community Board 7, Manhattan Country School
    Date:08/11/2015
    Category : Board of Standards & Appeals
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