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  2. New York City Department of Buildings - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) is the department of the New York City government that enforces the city's building codes and zoning regulations, issues building permits, licenses, registers and disciplines certain construction trades, responds to structural emergencies and inspects over 1,000,000 new and existing buildings. [2 ...

  3. 2023 New York City parking garage collapse - Wikipedia

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    Parking garage's entrance on Ann Street, photographed in 2017. The building, which was located at 57 Ann Street in New York City's Financial District, was built in 1925. [1] [2] Both in 1926 and 1957, it was granted certificates of occupancy to operate as a garage holding "more than five" automobiles per level and for ten people to be on a floor at a time. [2]

  4. List of tallest buildings in New York City - Wikipedia

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    2014. 285 Fulton Street. 40°42′47″N 74°00′49″W  /  40.713°N 74.0135°W  / 40.713; -74.0135  (One World Trade Center) Also known as the Freedom Tower. Tallest building in the Western Hemisphere by architectural height. Tallest building in New York City and the United States. 7th-tallest building in the world.

  5. Construction of the World Trade Center - Wikipedia

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    The construction of the first World Trade Center complex in New York City was conceived as an urban renewal project to help revitalize Lower Manhattan spearheaded by David Rockefeller. The project was developed by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The idea for the World Trade Center arose after World War II as a way to supplement ...

  6. New York City Administrative Code - Wikipedia

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    New York City Administrative Code. The Administrative Code of the City of New York contains the codified local laws of New York City as enacted by the New York City Council and Mayor. [1] As of February 2023, it contains 37 titles, numbered 1 through 16, 16-A, 16-B, 17 through 20, 20-A, 21, 21-A, and 22 through 33. [2]

  7. 270 Park Avenue (2021–present) - Wikipedia

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    270 Park Avenue, also known as the JPMorgan Chase Building, is a supertall skyscraper under construction on the East Side of the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by the firm of Foster + Partners, the skyscraper is expected to rise 1,388 feet (423 m) when completed in 2025. Photograph of immediate past building.

  8. Self-Certification (New York City Department of Buildings)

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    The Self Certification program has been cited by some as easy to abuse. A number of Architects have been investigated over the years by the Department of Buildings for self-certifying projects that did not actually conform to building codes and zoning regulations. In 2002, investigators with the New York City Department of Buildings alleged ...

  9. One57 - Wikipedia

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    One57, formerly known as Carnegie 57, is a 75-story, 1,005 ft (306 m) supertall skyscraper at 157 West 57th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The building has 92 condominium units above a 210-room Park Hyatt Hotel that serves as the flagship Hyatt property.