270 Park will be the tallest building to be intentionally demolished in the world! Last week demolition permits were filed for the Union Carbide building at 270 Park Avenue, which will be replaced by JP Morgan Chase with a new 70-story tower designed by Foster & Partners. Due to its location, the building will not be demolished using explosives. Instead, it will be covered in cocoon netting and disassembled piece by piece, first removing harmful materials, then working inside out to remove everything from doors and fixtures to the steel structural columns and concrete slabs. JP Morgan's new skyscraper will take advantage of the recent #Midtown East Rezoning, which allows developers to purchase and transfer air rights from adjacent landmarked buildings – they ave already made a deal with St. Bartholomew’s Church to purchase 550,000 square feet of air rights for $20.7 million. Currently, no renderings have been released for the new tower, which will break the world record of NYC's 612-foot tall #SingerBuilding, demolished in 1968 and replaced with One Liberty Plaza. #unioncarbide #jpmorgan #270park #modernism #modernistarchitecture #moderninteriordesign #architecture #nychistory #midtowneast #airrights #parkave #seagrambuilding #leverhouse #urbanism #nycurbanism #urbanist #historicpreservation #lpcnyc (at Union Carbide) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs55wmZlkuY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=a5jq7tsopb4x
