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Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District

Upper West Side: Predominantly Low-Rise Midblocks. W. 70 th Street midblock – south side. Protective Mechanisms. Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. W. 70 th Street midblock – north side. R8-B Contextual Zoning Districts.

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Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District

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  1. Upper West Side: Predominantly Low-Rise Midblocks W. 70th Street midblock – south side Protective Mechanisms Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District W. 70th Street midblock – north side R8-B Contextual Zoning Districts

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

  3. Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District: Central Park West Character “Avenue” buildings – view north along Central Park West 101 Central Park West – view east from 70th Street

  4. Proposed 9-Story Building: On a Midblock Characterized by 4- and 5-Story Brownstones R8-B R10-A

  5. 101 Central Park West View from Central Park View from W. 70th St.

  6. GIS Maps Upper West Side Building Heights Number of Stories 1 – 6 stories (typ. rowhouse) 7 – 12 stories (typ. tenement) 13 – 36 stories (typ. apartment building) R8-B Zoning Districts R8-B zoning encourages buildings that are compatible with existing low-rise buildings, typically traditional rowhouses. Max FAR = 4.0 Max streetwall height = 60 ft. 72nd St. West 70th Street

  7. “A Block Full of Late-19th-Century Row Houses” – New York Times columnist Christopher Gray, 2/16/03 20-40 W. 70th Street, 1910 Office for Metropolitan History W. 70th Street, 2003

  8. Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District: Height Anomalies 19 W. 69th Street 18 W. 70th Street

  9. Former rowhouses on site of existing community house (Tax Photo ca. 1940) Existing community house June 2003

  10. Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue: “Temple” Anchoring the Corner

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