50 West 66th Street is a skyscraper currently under construction for the

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. It is being developed by

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and designed by

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. Construction began in 2018. The building will contain setbacks, private

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ed corners, and a 16th-floor communal terrace. The facade will be made of limestone and burnished bronze beneath the 16th floor and glass with burnished-bronze chamfers above that floor. The building was originally to be 25 stories, but the plans were later changed. When plans for an enlarged , 69-story tower were released in late 2017, the tower faced immediate opposition by those living in the neighborhood. The city approved the tower, overriding neighborhood opposition, in December 2018. After neighborhood groups filed a lawsuit to block the project, claiming that increased height was due to misuse of mechanical space, the

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voted to approve the building permit in January 2020.

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