They had names like Vanderbilt, Sloan, Burden. In February, Citibank sold the right to build above the bank to the developer. New York is just turning into a giant lineup of canyons going from one end of this island to the other,'' said Jane Parshall, a chairwoman of the Citi Neighbors Coalition of Historic Carnegie Hill, which opposes the building. The Tamarkin project is no Trump World Tower.
Plans call for a nine-unit building with duplexes and a triplex.
We have worked very hard here to produce a building that we feel is very beautiful and very appropriate and completely of this town,'' said Cary Tamarkin, an architect and the company founder. Mr. Tamarkin said his design is consistent with the neighborhood, because several corner buildings are higher than the town houses in the middle of the block. But because the area has the highest density of individually designated landmarks in Manhattan, new development should conform to the low height and bulk of surrounding buildings, Christopher W. London said. Mr. London is a chairman of the certificate of appropriateness committee on the Historic Districts Council, a civic group. After reviewing the project this month, the committee plans to oppose it at the Landmarks Commission meeting.