NEW YORK How do you erect a 19-story building in New York?
Start with a 31-story structure. Discover zoning prohibits abuilding that big. Lose a three-year court battle. And receive anorder to lop off 12 stories.
Welcome to 108 E. 96th St., the $7.2 million apartment high-risethat is scheduled to shrink this month in the final act of a showdownbetween local activists and its developer, Parkview Associates. Thecity ruled last week the 31-story building must lose its top 12floors.
While the developers worry about the cost of destroying 12floors, many residents of the well-to-do area couldn't be happierabout the decision by the city Board of Standards and …
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