
Sky-scraping Billionaires’ Row-style towers invade uptown NYC enclave — and locals are fuming
NY Post
Call it Billionaires’ Square.
A cluster of soaring skyscrapers — like those of Billionaires’ Row, south of Central Park — is reshaping the skyline of the nearby Lincoln Square neighborhood.
The looming megatowers — to be filled with large and lavish condominium homes — are poised to transform the park block of West 66th Street. Since the late 1970s, much of the block has served as home for ABC Studios, which is moving downtown to Hudson Square.
The land occupied by ABC was granted a unique kind of zoning in 1993 — a quirk that basically allows massive Midtown-style structures to sprout in the midst of a residential area.
As usual, the new and soon-to-come residential towers are sparking controversy in the famously opinionated neighborhood of the Upper West Side.
Some neighbors object not just to the astronomical heights, but to the addition of yet more sumptuous homes for the wealthy rather than unpretentious apartments for ordinary folk.