First look at the Upper West Side's future tallest tower: Extell's 86-story supertall at 77 W. 66th St.

For the first time, Upper West Siders can see what is going up on the old ABC campus near Lincoln Center. A rendering posted on the construction wall at the corner of West 66th Street and Columbus Avenue shows Extell Development's planned 86-story tower at 77 W. 66th St., which would be by far the tallest building on the Upper West Side, West Side Rag reported.

What is planned

• Height: about 1,200 feet. West Side Rag puts it at 1,182 feet; New York YIMBY says 1,198 feet. Either way, it would rise more than 500 feet above the neighborhood's current tallest building, Extell's own tower at 50 W. 66th St., and be nearly twice the height of 200 Amsterdam Ave., according to West Side Rag.
• Homes: 430 condominium units, plus amenity space.
• Other uses: roughly 25,000 square feet of retail and a garage with 187 parking spaces, according to the permit cited by West Side Rag.
• Design: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, with Stephen B. Jacobs Group as architect of record. YIMBY said the design recalls the firm's 220 Central Park South: a multi-story podium across most of the block, a largely rectangular tower on the western end with stepped setbacks below the crown, stone-clad lower floors, storefronts with awnings on Columbus Avenue and a pool deck on the podium.
• Timeline: the sign on site lists completion in December 2030.

No public review, no affordable requirement

The tower is being built as-of-right. Under the site's current zoning there is no requirement to include affordable housing, and Extell does not need city or Landmarks approval, West Side Rag reported. Extell founder and chairman Gary Barnett has told Community Board 7 that a portion of the units will be "affordable," but the company has not said how many.

Demolition of the former ABC studio buildings is nearly finished after work paused in the summer when asbestos was found, YIMBY reported, with only part of a steel structure still standing in the middle of the lot. Extell is also planning a 25-story residential building at 37 W. 66th St., a nine-story, 50-unit building at 30 W. 67th St. and a seven-story, 31-unit building at 7 W. 66th St. on the same block, between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West, according to YIMBY.

The closest subway is the 1 train at 66th Street-Lincoln Center.