SOM's Iconic 270 Park Avenue At Risk of Becoming the Tallest Building Ever to Be Demolished
Just months after plans were announced for a major transformation of Philip Johnson?s AT&T Building at 550 Madison, another iconic midtown Manhattan skyscraper is at risk ? and this time, it would mean the demolition of the entire building.
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Just months after plans were announced for a major transformation of Philip Johnson?s AT&T Building at 550 Madison, another iconic midtown Manhattan skyscraper is at risk ? and this time, it would mean the demolition of the entire building.Designed by Natalie de Blois and Gordon Bunshaft of SOM and completed in 1961, 270 Park Avenue (formerly known as the Union Carbide Building) is considered a key example of the International Style in New York City that extended and even improved upon the precedent set by Mies van der Rohe?s Seagram Building.But after new zoning legislation for the neighborhood was passed last year, the building?s current owner, JPMorgan Chase, has announced plans to raze the 707-foot-tall building in favor of a new, hi-tech supertall replacement. If plans go through, it would be the world?s largest and tallest building ever to be intentionally demolished.
via Google Satellite
The building, identifiable by its black metal and silver rib facade, sits above the Metro-North railway, and is notable for its second floor lobby and large urban ...
© Flickr <a href='http://https://www.flickr.com/photos/16801915@N06/8191438808/'>user Reading Tom</a>. Licensed under CC BY 2.0t
Just months after plans were announced for a major transformation of Philip Johnson?s AT&T Building at 550 Madison, another iconic midtown Manhattan skyscraper is at risk ? and this time, it would mean the demolition of the entire building.Designed by Natalie de Blois and Gordon Bunshaft of SOM and completed in 1961, 270 Park Avenue (formerly known as the Union Carbide Building) is considered a key example of the International Style in New York City that extended and even improved upon the precedent set by Mies van der Rohe?s Seagram Building.But after new zoning legislation for the neighborhood was passed last year, the building?s current owner, JPMorgan Chase, has announced plans to raze the 707-foot-tall building in favor of a new, hi-tech supertall replacement. If plans go through, it would be the world?s largest and tallest building ever to be intentionally demolished.
via Google Satellite
The building, identifiable by its black metal and silver rib facade, sits above the Metro-North railway, and is notable for its second floor lobby and large urban ...
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