Turtle Bay News A Publication of the Turtle Bay Association Fall 2008 Vol. 51, No. 4 Modified Project Proposed for Site of Crane Collapse BY BRUCE A. SILBERBLATT, TBA ZONING AND LAND USE CHAIRMAN he two-year saga of 303 East 51st the 43-story sheer tower, which it believed building permit. Kennelly’s response was Street has occupied many issues of the did not comply with the City Zoning deemed insufficient, and DOB revoked the TTurtle Bay News, from the project’s Resolution, particularly its tower-on-base building permit on June 13. The incomplete initial problems, the horrific crane collapse provisions. 18-story skeleton remains standing, a poten- continued on back page in March, revocation of the building per- On March 15, the tower crane employed at mit by the Department of Buildings, and 303 East collapsed, killing seven speculation about what might become of people, injuring two dozen more, crushing the 18-story skeleton that looms over the a town house and damaging at least a half neighborhood. dozen other buildings. Hundreds were Now the developer, James Kennelly, is pro- forced from their homes and businesses posing a modified project for the site. shuttered. Immediately afterward, DOB First, some history: Kennelly obtained De- issued stop work orders that remain in ef- partment of Buildings (DOB) approval and fect today. began construction of a sheer 43-story resi- On April 17, former DOB Commissioner dential tower on the site last year. He also Patricia Lancaster admitted in a public planned a 17-story residential structure at hearing that 303 East 51st Street did not 301 East 51st Street. The zoning lot owned comply with the Zoning Resolution. On or controlled by Kennelly includes the entire May 20, Acting DOB Commissioner Rob- of Second Avenue between 51st ert LiMandri notified Kennelly of over two dozen zoning violations, and gave him 10 Under the developer’s new plan, a 31-story ‘tower- and 52nd Streets with an average depth of on-base’ structure (pictured here) would replace a 122 feet. From the outset, the TBA opposed days to comply or face revocation of his previously planned 43-story sheer tower. Development Issues Top TBA Annual Meeting Agenda ontinuing concerns about the rapid pace of development in believes the developer’s new concept is a “step in the right direc- Turtle Bay dominated discussion at TBA’s annual member- tion.” (story, above.) Cship meeting held in mid-November. In light of the tragic State Senator Liz Krueger, who has called for state legislation to March 15 crane accident, elected officials reported on new legisla- toughen safety requirements and oversight at construction sites, tion to address construction safety issues, while TBA Zoning/Land spoke of the challenge in prioritizing community needs at a time Use Chairman Bruce Silberblatt updated the group on the many when budgets are being cut. projects in the area, including status of the crane accident site, 303 East 51st Street. (story, above). And 17th Precinct Commanding Officer, Captain Ted Berntsen, in his annual report to TBA members, assured the community that the City Councilmember Jessica Lappin, in whose district the crane Precinct will address ongoing concerns over security at buildings accident occurred, reported on three bills she introduced that have damaged in the accident. He also reported that overall crime in the now become law. The three new laws restrict the use of nylon slings neighborhood continues to decline, despite some rise in burglaries. in crane operations (a defective nylon sling was found to have Silberblatt – in addition to addressing 303 East 51st Street – reported caused the March 15 accident), require stricter training for crane that as of the annual meeting date, November 11, work was ongoing crews, and require a safety coordination meeting prior to all major at 250 East 49th, 228 East 46th, 517 , at the U.S. crane operations. Lappin also has introduced legislation calling for Mission and on the U.N. North Lawn (story, page 3). No work was on-site safety monitors at construction sites. underway at four other construction sites, including 315 East 46th State Assemblyman Jonathan Bing reported on his recent legislation Street, where, in September, a near disaster was averted when a sup- that increases penalties for fraud in licensing and crane inspections. porting column form broke while the fifth floor was being concreted. Bing also addressed the future of 303 East 51st Street, and said he Fortunately, the fifth floor shores held, he reported.

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Newsworthy Notes n Sunday, December 7 TBA Holiday Toy Drive and Party Local Landscaping. Many of Turtle 60th Year. Holy Family Church parish- Clancy’s Pub and Restaurant Bay’s tree beds were planted with pan- ioners honored Brother Robert Fontaine 978 Second Avenue, 3-6 p.m. sies for the fall season, according to recently when he celebrated his 60th year Admission: Gift for a needy child 212-751-5465 Bill Huxley of the Turtle Bay Tree Fund, as a member of the Congregation of Holy which cares for the tree beds along most Cross. Brother Fontaine’s career has in- n Wednesday, December 10 of Turtle Bay’s crosstown streets. Huxley cluded assignments throughout the U.S. Holiday Tree Lighting says pansies are known for their hardi- Dag Hammarskjold Plaza and in Rome, and he is currently Pastoral ness during cool weather, and can even 5 p.m. Associate of Holy Family and Director of survive a mild freeze. Tulips are on tap for 212-826-8980 its Ministry to Senior Parishioners. next spring’s planting. n Last Tuesday every month 17th Precinct Community Council In the News. , the pretty Holiday Gift Idea. The neighborhood history, “’s Turtle Bay: Story Open Meeting, 6 p.m. pocket park on East 51st Street between of a Midtown Neighborhood,” is available Second and Third Avenues, was the fo- 225 East 51st Street cus recently of a New York Times feature to TBA members for $15, a 25 percent 212-826-3228 article on small parks. The Times called discount off the full retail price. Sales pro- (No meetings July, August, Greenacre “the champion of all Midtown ceeds benefit the TBA. To order, use the December) oases.” A gift to the city from Abby Rock- order form on the back page of the news- n Second Wednesday every month efeller Mauze, Greenacre Park opened in letter, or call the TBA at 212-751-5465. Community Board 6 1971. The Times said, “The hidden park Full Board Meeting, 7 p.m. is in such pristine condition that it looks 17th Precint Community Council. The NYU Medical Center as if it opened last week.” Council mourns the death of Geraldine 550 Aronson, a long-time and loyal member 212-319-3750 Achievement Award. George McDon- of the Council and its treasurer for many ald, founder of the Doe Fund, has won years. TBA Contacts: the annual Lifetime Achievement Award, Phone: 212-751-5465 presented annually by the Manhattan Membership Drive. The TBA has begun Fax: 212-751-4941 Institute for Policy Research. The Doe its annual membership drive with a solici- E-mail: [email protected] Fund, which the TBA supports through tation letter to thousands of households Web Site: www.turtlebaynyc.org its grants program, works to help home- in the Turtle Bay area. If you know of a Check our Bulletin Board: less and formerly incarcerated individuals friend or neighbor who is not a member, East side of Second Avenue, between 48th and 49th Streets, become self-sufficient. In Turtle Bay, Doe encourage them to join. For more informa- Fund workers can be seen regularly car- on outside wall of the supermarket. tion, they can call 212-751-5465 or email ing for the neighborhood’s tree beds. [email protected]. Turtle Bay Association Turtle Bay Walkers. Vanderbilt YMCA Past Issues. Did you miss a news story members took a walking tour of Turtle Bay President: William E. Curtis in early September, part of a Y program to from a previous issue of the Turtle Bay Vice Presidents: Millie Margiotta, promote walking as exercise. Led by the News? You can view past issues of the Dolores Marsh, Bruce Silberblatt Y’s Adam Gruberger and Tony Pascual, Turtle Bay News at the TBA website, Treasurer: Francine Irwin the group followed the tour outlined in the www.turtlebaynyc.org. Click the menu Secretary: Marie-Louise Handal brochure, “20 Sites to See,” published by item “Newsletter,” and then “Past News- Directors: the TBA in 2005. letters.” Ethel Bendove, Bunny Blei, Orin Buck, Meryl Brodsky, Barbara Connolly, William E. Curtis, Denise Hamilton, Marie-Louise Handal, Financial Seminars required. To make reservations and for Olga Hoffmann, Bill Huxley, more information, call Paul Crawford at Francine Irwin, Richard Irwin, The Vanderbilt YMCA, at 224 East 47th 212-912-2521. Millie Margiotta, Dolores Marsh, Street, has some timely financial seminars Patricia Q. McDougald, Ron Palau, that may be of interest to neighbors. They Michael Resnick, Carol Rinzler, Lappin’s Office Moves Jeannie Sakol, Helen Shapiro, are free and open to the public. City Councilmember Jessica Lappin’s office Bruce Silberblatt Financial Volatility Seminar: Thurs., Dec. has moved. Her new address is 330 East Turtle Bay News 4, 9 a.m.; Thurs., Dec. 11, 11 a.m.; Mon., 63rd Street, Suite 1K, New York, NY 10065. Editor: Pamela Hanlon Jan. 6, 5 p.m. Phone: 212-980-1808. Fax: 212-980-1828. Contributors: Terri Heveran, “529” College Planning Seminar: Thurs., E-mail [email protected]. Olga Hoffmann, Bill Huxley, Dec. 4, 12 p.m.; Thurs., Dec. 11, 9 a.m.; Lappin represents District 5, which covers Millie Margiotta, Patricia Q. McDougald, Tues., Jan. 6, 12 p.m. Turtle Bay from the north side of 49th Street Rita Rowan, Bruce Silberblatt Seating is limited and reservations are and above. Photography: Vivian Gordon

2 Turtle Bay News www.turtlebaynyc.org A Personal Memory of Neighbor Paul Newman hen actor Paul Newman died recently at the age of 83, looking cool – just like in his movies – with his sunglasses under neighbors remembered fondly the many years when he his chin and a Burberry raincoat slung over his shoulder.” Wand his wife, Joanne Woodward, lived in Turtle Bay. Even “The apartment looks so big!” were Newman’s first words when he before the couple married in 1958, Ms. Woodward rented a fifth walked through the door. (Colleen and Bill, who don’t think of their floor apartment in a brownstone in the East 50s. Later, in the 1960s apartment as particularly large, appreciated the compliment.) and 1970s, they lived in the apartment building at 230 East . Neighbors remember them as a friendly couple, and many But Colleen recalls that Paul was disappointed when he noticed recall chatting with them in local shops and restaurants. the bookshelves he had painstakingly built for the living room had been removed. “Oh, the books never stayed straight on the shelves But it’s doubtful anyone in Turtle Bay anyway,” he said, laughing about his carpentry skills coupled with ever had a more personal encounter with the old brownstone’s settled foundations. the famous couple than did Colleen and Bill Curtis, president of the TBA. It oc- Then, like typical Manhattanites, the anniversary couple headed curred years after Newman and Wood- to the windows to recall the view. The U.N. was still visible from ward had moved from Turtle Bay. the living room windows. But Joanne was disappointed when she looked south out of the bedroom window to see the 20-story Engi- As they do now, the Curtises lived in an neering Center on 48th Street blocking the view. “This view used East 50s brownstone in early 1983, when to be like Paris,” she recalled ruefully. “You could look far south they got a call from their landlord. “He with nothing to obstruct the downtown skyline.” (In re-telling the wanted to know if we would be willing Paul Newman story, Colleen is quick to point out that now, 25 years later, the to open up our home to a couple who had 1960s-vintage Engineering Center has been replaced by the 72-story lived in our apartment when they were first married,” recalls Col- , completed in 2001.) leen. “They would be celebrating their 25th anniversary on January 29, and were planning a day-long ‘sentimental journey’ of places Famous Friends that had been close to their hearts during their marriage.” They chatted about all the friends who had been in the apartment when Paul and Joanne were there – Warren Beatty, Alan Bates, The couple was Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. Colleen and Dennis Hopper and Claire Bloom. And it was the living room of Bill Curtis’s apartment was the one Woodward had rented when the brownstone apartment where Edward R. Murrow interviewed she was single, and where she and Newman had stayed on early the actor-actress couple for his popular 1950s series, “Person to in their marriage. Person,” a weekly show in which Murrow talked with celebrities Getting Ready for Guests in their own homes. “Of course, we were thrilled to have them as our guests,” says Col- After visiting the Curtises, the famous couple continued on their leen, although Bill remembers mostly that they spent the next three unpublicized visit to other favorite spots from their first 25 years weeks cleaning the apartment. “We cleaned like madmen,” he says. of marriage. They ended the day with a large anniversary reception “We even cleaned the inside of the refrigerator.” at their home in Westport, Connecticut. The anniversary day arrived. The Curtis apartment was first on the Newman and Woodward celebrated their 50th anniversary in Janu- tour for the actor and actress. “At 9 a.m. sharp – it was a Saturday ary of this year. Newman died on September 26. Neighbors will morning – they rang the doorbell,” says Colleen. “I remember viv- forever remember him, and take pride in knowing that Paul Newman idly my first glimpse of Newman as he was coming up the stairs, and his wife are a part of Turtle Bay’s storied past. UN Renovation Project on Track Newsletter Editor Needed The project to renovate the Secretariat and the Conference Building buildings is moving ahead on time, with will begin. Work on the General Assembly Interested in becoming the new construction of a temporary three-story will follow, starting in 2011. The Dag Ham- editor of the Turtle Bay News? building on the U.N.’s North Lawn well marskjold Library and the South Annex will Contact the TBA office at underway. The temporary structure will be be the last to undergo rehab. 212-751-5465 or used as “swing space” for staff while per- Alderstein reiterated that once the renova- [email protected] manent facilities are being renovated. tion project is completed and the North Writing and editing experience At the second in a series of briefings for Lawn re-landscaped in 2013, the United needed, but desktop publishing neighborhood leaders, U.N. Executive Di- Nations will plant more trees around skills are not required rector Michael Alderstein said the build- the U.N. campus perimeter. (See Turtle  ing will be ready to house the Secretary Bay News story, Summer 2008 issue). A good opportunity to help the community General’s office and conference facilities More news on the project is available at at a time when so many changes are by early next fall, when renovation of the www. un.org/cmp. taking place in our neighborhood www.turtlebaynyc.org Turtle Bay News 3 TBA Board at Work

The following is a summary of is- sues and activities addressed at recent TBA Board meetings, as reflected in the meeting minutes. The TBA:

n is working closely with local elected officials and Community Board 6 to have voice in determining the out- come of the site of the 51st Street construction crane accident, and is monitoring other ongoing neigh- borhood construction for safety and other concerns.

n is monitoring, with Community Board 6 and as part of the East Midtown Coalition for Sensible Development, progress of the Con Ed Waterside development and United Nations renovation, as well as opportunities for waterfront possibilities.

Children’s Jamboree. The cutest kids in all of Turtle Bay came out for this year’s Octoberfest and n has joined with other neighborhood Children’s Jamboree, held in mid-October in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. Sponsored by the Friends groups to demand stronger laws of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza and the Haley Foundation, this year’s Jamboree attracted the most kids ever, with games, tricks, and entertainment, as well as the favorite pumpkin painting. regarding newsrack placement on City sidewalks.

Recollection of New York Holidays Past n continues to work to beautify the An often-overlooked midtown museum 1800s, accompanied by live seasonal music neighborhood through the TBA offers a slice of historic holiday entertain- played on traditional instruments, and hot Tree Program and support of the ment that will be fun for adults and children cider and eggnog. Turtle Bay Tree Fund. alike. The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum n has sponsored or supported Tours are on Thursday, Dec. 11, 6:30 and and Garden, a few blocks north of Turtle neighborhood events, including 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 12, 6:30, 7:30 Bay on 61st Street between First and York the upcoming Holiday Toy Drive Avenues, will conduct a series of candlelight and 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 13, 4:30, 5:30 and Party on December 7. tours of its decorated period rooms from the and 6:30 p.m. (The 4:30 tour on Dec. 13 is a special family tour geared to children ages Report Construction Concerns 3 and up.) $18, $6 for kids under 12. Pocket Park News Call 311; the 17th Precinct (weekdays A holiday concert, with singers Maria Thanks to neighbors working together, the 212-826-3228; 212-826-3211 on week- Millar and Shawn Wyckoff, will be held small pocket park at the northwest corner of ends and evenings); Community Board 6 Saturday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. $20, $10 46th Street and Second Avenue, part of the (212-319-3750); and TBA (212-751-5465, for kids under 12. Dag Hammarskjold Towers complex, has [email protected]). Or: returned to being a peaceful oasis. The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum was built n State Senator Liz Krueger Panos Adamopoulos and Elisa Papas, who (212-490-9535), [email protected] as a carriage house in 1799 and converted to a hotel in 1826, when it became a fashion- live on 46th Street, worked to bring the issue n Assemblyman Jonathan Bing to the community’s attention, the Towers (212-605-0937), able country escape for New Yorkers living [email protected] in Manhattan’s crowded city to the south. management hired a security guard to keep watch over the park, police added extra n Councilmember Jessica Lappin The museum is open year-round for tours (212-980-1808), (except August and some holidays) Tuesday surveillance, and other neighbors pitched [email protected]. through Sunday, from 11 a.m., with last tour in to monitor the situation. n Councilmember Dan Garodnick starting at 3:30 p.m. Call 212-838-6878 In a neighborhood that has so few parks, it’s (212-818-0580), for information and to purchase tickets for good to know this one is once again among [email protected]. events. Also visit www.mvhm.org. our nicest.

4 Turtle Bay News www.turtlebaynyc.org And the Award for ‘Best Stage Manager’ Goes to… f the Turtle Bay neighborhood gave The other is Park on First Av- Plaza – bull horn in hand – directing the an award for “Best Stage Manager,” it enue, which can be used for demonstrations protestors to their designated location and Iwould surely go to Detective Frank Bo- of fewer than 50 people. However, because helping to keep the order. “These groups gucki of the 17th Precinct. Each year, when Bunche Park is located directly across from are generally very polite and easy to work the U.N. General Assembly gets underway, the U.N. entrance, security concerns keep with,” he says. “I even get ‘thank you’ notes it is Bogucki who orchestrates the scores it “off limits” during the General Assembly from some of the groups.” of high-profile rallies and protests in Dag opening session. Of course, for the 17th Precinct and neigh- Hammarskjold Plaza, the choice location So that leaves Dag Hammarskjold Plaza as borhood residents, it isn’t only protests for demonstrators who want to be within the focus of what Bogucki calls his yearly and rallies that the U.N. General Assembly “sight and sound” of the U.N. “jigsaw puzzle.” He can handle up to 18 session attracts. As scores of heads of state To Bogucki, the Precinct’s community af- rallies at one time in the Plaza, depending descend upon Turtle Bay, the 17th Precinct fairs officer, the series of demonstrations is on the size of the group. On his computer police are joined by some 500 officers from something akin to a stage pro- screen, Bogucki keeps a map of the Plaza other precincts throughout the city, Coast duction. Along with his partner, Detective – his theatre stage – divided into 18 spaces. Guard flotillas in the East River, police heli- Debra Winski, he has the task of organiz- “By juggling the spaces around, I try to help copters and bomb-sniffing dogs. Streets and ing the protests so that all groups can have each group have a successful event,” he even some pedestrian sidewalks are closed, their voices heard without causing undue says, sounding more like an events planner and check points are set up at street corners disruption to the than police officer. from 42nd to 49th Streets east of Second neighborhood. He Avenue. “Turtle Bay neighbors are very “If a group wants to have a vigil, or has a set a record during the cooperative,” says Bogucki. “They really display, then I try to put them in the center Millennium Assem- help us make everything go smoothly.” of the Plaza,” he says. “If bly session back in they are aiming their protest the year 2000, when at a particular mission, then he handled 92 rallies I stage them as close to that in the Plaza within mission as possible.” just three days. But Detective Bogucki he got close to that And if a group is unusually number this year, when he orchestrated large – like this year’s 10,000 no fewer than 60 demos during the week demonstrators who were of September 22, ranging from a group of bused in to protest the Iranian 25 Bangladeshis, to 300 Tibetans, to over president’s visit – then he 10,000 protesting the Iranian president’s works to expand their space. visit to New York, at a rally organized by a In this case, the overflow was coalition of Jewish groups. moved a block west.

Why is Dag Plaza the favored rally site? It On the day of the protests, Managing huge rallies at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, like this protest is one of only two locations near the U.N. Bogucki – a 20-year veteran against the Iranian president’s visit, is all part of the job for Detective where protests, with sound, are permitted. of managing rallies – is in the Bogucki and 17th Precinct police. Photo by Robert A. Cumins

News Profile of Turtle Bay Briefly in Business: Turtle Bay was featured prominently in n Nations Café and Plaza Diner, both 308-2001). Open every day from 6 the newspaper amNew York recently, in a new TBA business members, offer a.m. to 10 p.m. four-page article that called the neighbor- TBA members a 15 percent discount Plaza Diner: northeast corner of 56th hood an area of “quiet charms” and “one of through the end of 2009. In addition, Street and Second Avenue. Open 24 the city’s more desired enclaves for young through the end of this year, TBA mem- hours a day except Monday, when it professionals and families.” bers can take advantage of a special closes at 11 p.m. Chock-full of photos of local sites, the “Early Bird” (3:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m.) of- n Quality Art & Framing offers TBA article profiles Turtle Bay’s history, parks, fer – order one dinner from the Dinner members a 20 percent discount on attractions, restaurants and shops. The ar- Specials menu and get a second, of all custom framing, along with free ticle is available at the newspaper’s website equal or lesser value, at half price. delivery. Quality Art is at 909 Sec- www.amNY.com. Search “Turtle Bay” and Nations Café: southwest corner of ond Avenue, between 48th and 49th scroll down to the story headlined: “City 49th Street and First Avenue (212- Streets. Telephone: 212-826-2693. Life: Turtle Bay.” www.turtlebaynyc.org Turtle Bay News 5 “What is a Woodwind?” on Sat., Jan.17, Turtle Bay Happenings Art & Culture 2:30 p.m. Em Lee Concert Hall, 244 East . Free, but RSVP requested at Musical Review. “Give My Regards Japanese Masters,” continues through 212-753-8811 or [email protected]. to Christmas,” holiday tunes from Jan. 11. $12; $10 seniors. Free each Fri. German House. Exhibit of Broadway shows are performed by St. from 6-9 p.m. Special tour for children, photographer Peter Frischburn’s scenes Bart’s Players. Sun., Dec. 7, at 2 p.m.; ages 2-4, Sat., Dec. 13, 2-3 p.m. and Sun., of Berlin’s Kreuzberg district before and Dec. 8, 9, 10, at 7:30 p.m. The Chapel at Jan. 11, 2-3 p.m. Tour free with adult after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Mon-Fri., St. Bartholomews Church, admission. 333 East . Info: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through Dec. 12. 871 United between 50th and 51st Streets. $15. Call 212-832-1155. Nations Plaza. Info: 212-610-9719. 212-378-0248 for tickets. Family Hanukkah Celebration. Holiday Celebration. The Vanderbilt Caroling. The Turtle For “pre-K” children and their families, YMCA hosts a Family Night Holiday Bay Music School Community Chorus Sun., Dec. 14. Sutton Place Synagogue, celebration, Fri., Dec. 19, 6-8 p.m. 224 will lead carolers around the Beekman 225 East 51st Street. Info: 212-593-3300, East 47th Street. Open to the public. No Place holiday tree, at 50th Street and the or [email protected]. RSVP needed, but for further information, call Paul Crawford at 212-912-2521. East River. Sun., Dec. 14, 5:30 p.m. Turtle Bay Music School. Family Sponsored by the Beekman Place Assn. concert series – “What is…?” – offers Seasonal History. At the Mount Japan Society. Highly acclaimed interactive way to learn music. “What Vernon Hotel Museum. See story, page 4. exhibit, “New Bamboo: Contemporary is a Viola?” on Sat., Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m.; - compiled by Rita Rowan

Modified Project continued from page 1 would be needed. The writer recommended most feasible solution, and desiring to put tial hazard to the neighborhood. that the base become seven stories, lowering closure to what has been a traumatic event the building to 31 stories, which Kennelly for the community, adopted a “no objection” In mid-September – at the request of Bor- accepted. He agreed not to pursue the 43- resolution covering the proposed 31-story ough President Scott Stringer, State Senator story sheer tower, which would have met building. Kennelly now begins the required Liz Krueger, Assemblyman Jonathan Bing, with continuing TBA opposition. approval process. He must seek zoning vari- Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney and ance OK from the City Board of Standards On November 3, the TBA Board of Direc- Councilmember Jessica Lappin – Kennelly and Appeals. met with the writer of this article, a TBA tors, recognizing that to leave the present Vice President and its Zoning/Land Use 18-story skeleton as is, or to demolish all The next step is the Board of Standards and Chairman. Kennelly proposed a 32-story or part of it, would be dangerous in both Appeals, which would then pass the matter tower, including a six-story base, occupy- the short and long run (to raze it would be a to Community Board 6 for its views before ing the entire zoning lot except for the three lengthy, noisy, hazardous operation requir- making a final decision. The entire process buildings on the 52nd Street corner. Since ing dangerous, dirty, and noisy jack ham- will take several months. he wished to salvage the existing 18-story mering for over a half year), accepting that A copy of TBA’s resolution is available by skeleton, certain modest zoning variances the proposed 31-story tower-on-base is the calling TBA at 212-751-5465.

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