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    Variance Granted for Ten-Story Development Adjacent to High Line

    Variance  •  Gansevoort Market Historic/Meatpacking District
    Solar Carve Tower Rendering. Image Credit Studio Gang Architects.

    Solar Carve Tower Rendering. Image Credit Studio Gang Architects.

    After consistent objections from community board and former City Council Speaker, developer drops controversial FAR request and is approved. William Gottlieb Real Estate can now move forward with development of Studio Gang Architects’ “Solar Carve” Tower, a ten-story structure that will occupy 40-56 Tenth Avenue, the full block between West 13th and 14th streets in Manhattan. William Gottlieb originally sought additional floor area to offset prohibitive construction costs resulting from poor subsurface conditions at the site, 10% of which is occupied by the High Line itself. Had the developer’s initial request for an FAR variance been granted, the proposed “Solar Carve” tower would have been 34% larger than allowed for by local zoning requirements. (read more…)

    Tags : Christine Quinn, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, High Line, Manhattan Community Board 2, Solar Carve Tower, State Senator Brad Hoylman
    Date:06/17/2014
    Category : Board of Standards & Appeals
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