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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.
Website. www .nyc .gov /ddc. New York City Department of Design and Construction is the department of the government of New York City [2] that builds many of the civic facilities in New York City. As the city’s primary capital construction project manager, it provides new or renovated facilities such as firehouses, libraries, police precincts ...
The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m). [2] [3] [4] The 104-story [A] skyscraper also stands as the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest building in the world. [2] [3] At 1,550 feet (472 m), Central Park Tower is the ...
April 5, 2024 at 8:17 PM. NEW YORK - The Department of Buildings is adding extra staff this weekend, just in case they need to respond to reports of damage after Friday's 4.8-magnitude earthquake ...
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 ...
General Motors Building (Manhattan) / 40.76389°N 73.97250°W / 40.76389; -73.97250. The General Motors Building (also the GM Building) is a 50-story, 705 ft (215 m) office tower at 767 Fifth Avenue at Grand Army Plaza on the southeast corner of Central Park, in Manhattan, New York City. The building occupies an entire city block ...
270 Park Avenue (2021–present) / 40.7558; -73.9754. 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 ...
June 25, 1996. The Equitable Building is an office skyscraper located at 120 Broadway between Pine and Cedar streets in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The skyscraper was designed by Ernest R. Graham in the neoclassical style, with Peirce Anderson as the architect-in-charge. It is 555 feet (169 m) tall, with 38 ...