Preliminary efforts related to a planned 60-story 750-foot residential skyscraper at the Downtown Y have taken a step forward with the application of two permits.
One of the permits is for stormwater grading, while the other would allow continued use of the four-story component of the Y during the demolition of the two-story YMCA structure on Church Street and construction of the subsequent new addition.
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