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Community board wants to ban more 57th St. skyscrapers
Seven supertall towers are currently being developed, five more are being planned
Local community leaders in Midtown are hoping to stop the creation of any more supertall towers.
A Community Board 5 task force is calling for a moratorium on massive skyscrapers in the vicinity of 57th Street, where seven new massive towers are currently being developed, according to DNAinfo. Five more projects are being planned.
Layla Law-Gisiko, the chair of the task force, told DNA that “we really need to hit the pause button.”
The task force issued a report that states that Midtown’s zoning and land use regulations need to be changed to control the rapid development of skyscrapers there.
“This is not a war between CB5 and development,” Law-Gisiko told DNA. “It is just a call for good, comprehensive zoning and planning.” [DNAinfo] — Claire Moses