Despite concerns that the upper 20 stories of the Elkus Manfredi Architects-designed 200 Amsterdam tower in New York City were inappropriately approved for construction, work on the 56-story luxury residential tower continues apace. 

Earlier this year, a New York State Supreme Court ruling handed down against SJP Properties and Mitsui Fudosan America, the developers behind the project, indicated that the building's permitting approvals should be revoked by New York City officials. The ruling indicated that the project's buildable envelope was created as a result of a "gerrymandered" lot configuration that was developed to strategically goose up the allowable height and bulk of the proposed project.

New York YIMBY reports that construction has reached the stepped tower's crown, where final cladding and curtain wall elements are currently being installed. The blog also reports that the building's owners are currently appealing the New York State Supreme Court ruling. 

If allowed to remain as built, the tower would rise as the tallest tower on New York City's Upper West Side.