A building nearly as tall as the Empire State Building could be in the works soon in a neighborhood in Manhattan where one might least expect it: the Upper West Side.

The scaffolding is up and the work is underway to dismantle what was the longtime headquarters for ABC News, between West 66th and West 67th streets.

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A building nearly as tall as the Empire State Building could be in the works soon in a neighborhood in Manhattan where one might least expect it: the Upper West Side

The 1,200-foot building would be either the ninth- or 10th-largest building in the city, according to a list from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat

The developer is combining unused air rights as a way to have the building go higher. The city rejected a multi-year effort to a

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