New York City Council Halts Midtown Tower Construction

Wall Street Journal, Dec. 3, 2017–Josh Barbanel (subscription)
Work on an 800-foot-tall tower in East Midtown that has been under construction for six months was halted last week following a vote by the New York City Council to limit skyscrapers in the area, in a win for a grass-roots group that sought to block the project.

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