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Renderings were revealed last week of a new tower on the corner of 96th Street and Broadway — an area that has been covered by construction.

An affordable housing lottery launched Friday for Park 79, which will now house seniors and formerly homeless New Yorkers on the UWS.
BlackRock just sold a 125-unit building at 98 Riverside Drive for $90M, reported RealDeal. The address has had years of complaints.
The Naftali Group just filed a permit for a new 18-story tower on 84th Street. The same block it is battling a tenant refusing to move out.
Bill Ackman, who Forbes says is worth $3.3 billion, just gained approval from the LPC to build a rooftop penthouse atop his UWS home.
The UWS church is pushing to lose its landmark status and get demolished. Elected officials don't agree. The first meeting is Thursday.
Ahmet Nejat Ozsu's legal team faces a $25 million suit from owners who want to turn the West Sider's building into condos, records show.
The popstar has owned her three-bedroom condo at the coveted 1 Central Park West address for the last 25 years.
The median monthly asking rent payment for the UWS is the 22nd highest among New York City nabes, according to a new report.
Ahmet Nejat Ozsu won't leave his top-floor UWS apartment. It's holding up a massive real estate deal, The New York Times reported.
An apartment building that used to carry the Trump name sold for hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Bloomberg.
The seven-story mansion at 25 Riverside Drive has eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms, six fireplaces and 70 windows, according to Sotheby's.
A seven-story brownstone at 32 West 76th St. just sold for a staggering $25.975 million, first reported by The Real Deal.
A seven-story building between Broadway and West 100th and 101st streets is changing hands after a major deal, Real Estate Weekly reported.
A cast member on "The Office" and the star of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" is selling her UWS apartment for $3.35M, reports say.
The recently purchased Upper West Side townhouse near West 85th Street has six floors, six bedrooms, and nine bathrooms.
These UWS buildings are among 250 citywide where the city might step in to make "emergency repairs" under the Alternate Enforcement Program.
The former Walt Disney Company-owned ABC campus is on Columbus between West 66th and 67th streets.
The "Scandal" star rented the Riverside Drive apartment for $70,000 a month while performing on Broadway.
The suit alleges that Weinreb Management has hundreds of uncorrected violations, including those that have to do with fire safety.
The average January 2022 rent on the UWS was nearly 20 percent higher than the same month last year, according to a new study.
So much for feeling good about having a building bike room. This UWS development just added an indoor skate park to its amenities list.
The sale of the 220 Central Park South unit is one of the most expensive ever in New York City real estate.
Ryan Serhant of Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing New York" announced Tuesday his brokerage is taking over the sale of an UWS building.
An Upper West Side building had more than 215 violations in 2021, according to the recently released list from the Public Advocate's office.
The Riverside Park Conservancy took to Twitter Monday to share its disdain for the proposed design of the new 79th Street dock house.
The median recorded asking rent for the UWS in October was $3,600 — up nearly 30 percent from the same month last year.
For the second time, NYC Parks and the EDC showed the proposed design for the new Boat Basin to the community board. There were many qualms.
A year after having the largest home price increase in the nation, an UWS ZIP code had the steepest decrease in 2021, a study says.
Bill Ackman's penthouse plan has been called a "platform temple to a titan" that stares down at humanity.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that scaffolds at NYCHA developments across the city will be removed, including on the UWS.
Despite reports that NYC's real estate market is a seller's market, the Upper West Side remains more affordable than it was in 2019.
The UWS and UES each had over 600 more home sales from July 1 to Sept. 30 than the next closest neighborhood in New York City.
The Upper West Side area has experienced explosive home price growth this past year and prices are still moving upward.
"Weinreb! You are such a clown! Take the shed and scaffold down," reads a chant prepared by tenants of the Upper West Side building.
Compared to last September, prices for studios and one- or two-bedroom apartments have bumped up, a study shows.
Cranston, the star of "Breaking Bad," will be a short walk from both Central Park and Lincoln Center.
The Upper West Side area has experienced explosive home price growth this past year and prices are still moving upward.
An Appeals court Thursday denied a group's push to retroactively chop off around 20 floors of the 200 Amsterdam tower.