wahikid t1_jefpxib wrote on March 31, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Reply to comment by Equivalent-Excuse-80 in Memorial Sloan Kettering Files Plans For 594ft 31-Story Skyscraper At 1233 York Avenue On Manhattan’s Upper East Side by maybeitwasmee

I used to live in the current building at that address. It’s student and employee housing for the hospital and Cornell medical school. It’s currently like 15 or so stories already (I think, we lived on the 13th fl) so, I don’t really understand what the uproar is all about. It’s not like there was a park or a historic low rise there currently. It’s already a big ugly building, they just want to make it bigger and uglier, probably.

amoebaamoeba t1_jeg2yu9 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 7:25 PM

Seriously. It has to be one of the most character-less stretches of street (which describes most of the UES between 50th and 90th/Lex to York). And that particular stretch of streets is all medical facilities anyway!