JP Morgan World Headquarters

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JP Morgan World Headquarters
JP Morgan World Headquarters
Basic data
Place: New York City , United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Construction time : 1958-1960
Abort : 2019 until probably 2021
Status : Built
Architectural style : Modern
Architect : Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Use / legal
Usage : offices
Owner : JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Technical specifications
Height : 215 m
Height to the roof: 215 m
Rank (height) : 61st place (New York City)
Floors : 52
Usable area : 223,000 m²
Building material : Structure: steel ;
Facade: glass , aluminum

JP Morgan World Headquarters , also known by the name of its address 270 Park Avenue , is a skyscraper in the US metropolis of New York City .

On the property of the previously demolished “Marguery Hotel” apartment building, which was built in 1917, today's high-rise was completed in 1960 after a construction period of two years. The building has a height of 215 meters. All of the building's 52 floors are used exclusively for office space. The well-known American architecture firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (also SOM for short) designed the office tower, which is located in Midtown Manhattan . Initially, the building was planned and constructed for Union Carbide under the name Union Carbide Building . It later became the property of Manufacturers Hanover Corporation and Chemical Bank . Today the building serves as the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bank, the successor company to Chemical Bank, and was named after them.

Currently (as of August 2019) the building is the 61st tallest in the city . Although it was not subjected to extensive renovation and modernization until 2012, JP Morgan announced in October 2018 that it would demolish the house and replace it with a 150-meter-higher new building based on plans by the British architecture firm Foster + Partners . That would make 270 Park Avenue the tallest skyscraper to be demolished .

gallery

  • The entrance area

  • 270 Park Avenue in the urban context between 383 Madison Avenue and the MetLife Building in the left half of the picture

  • The demolition work on the building in July 2019

See also

Web links

Commons : 270 Park Avenue  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 21 ″  N , 73 ° 58 ′ 31.5 ″  W.