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helpful for newer building which are required to file public permits and zoning diagrams which can be found through the search portal. Take 50 West Street for example. The Department of Buildings lists it at 778 feet to the tip of the curtain wall; the sources that give slightly higher figures likely count the small portions of the mechanical bulkheads that extend above the upper edge of the curtain wall. Also note that permit heights are often listed as "absolute heights" or elevations, that is the official height of the building measured from sea level. Although the majority of Manhattan lies at or near sea level, certain buildings can appear significantly taller based on this measurement. For example, Central Park Tower's permits show an absolute height of 1,630 feet but a building height of 1,550 feet due to the fact that the area south of Central Park is roughly 80 feet above sea level.
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A4: Height discrepancies sometimes occur depending on whether the source is measuring to the building's top floor, roof, bulkhead, the curtain wall promontory, or the tip of whatever antennas or mechanical masts are present at the top of the building. Using the City of New York's permit search can be
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A few days back I stumbled across a wikiproject you might find interesting. It's not the most active place, but who knows if we keep running into people with a similar interest maybe we can get a good-size collaboration back together again even if no one individual is particularly active. The formal
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Hey, thanks for updating all these articles to buildings in NYC and other cities. It looks like some of these pages were several months out of date, so these edits are all appreciated.
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Hi, I wanted to let you know that this page is now a Good Article. Thanks for all your hard work on this and other NYC building articles.
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It might also be better placed as Q3 or Q2, and of course feel free to improve upon what I've already written, thanks.
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I see you also added to some other articles, including 211 Elizabeth and 70 Vestry, thank you for that work as well.--
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