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270 Park Avenue, also known as the JPMorgan Chase Tower and the Union Carbide Building, was a skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.Built in 1960 for chemical company Union Carbide, it was designed by the architects Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM).
The tower replaces the 52-story Union Carbide Building, built in 1960 and demolished in 2021. [3] The old structure was the headquarters of JPMorgan Chase, which is using 383 Madison Avenue until it can move into the new building. [4] Before that, the old building was originally the headquarters of Union Carbide.
270 Park Avenue (1960–2021), also known as the Union Carbide Building; 270 Park Avenue (2021–present), also known as the JPMorgan Chase Building
The building would be topped by a 1,000 feet (300 m) tall steel latticework observation tower, making the proposed building taller than the Empire State Building and the tallest building in New York City. [22] The chemical company Union Carbide agreed to lease the site in August 1955 to serve as its world headquarters. [16]
Union Carbide Headquarters might refer to one of the following buildings that served at the corporate headquarters of the Union Carbide company: 30 East 42nd Street , New York, 1924-1960 270 Park Avenue (1960–2021) , New York, 1960-1982
The Carbide & Carbon Building is a 37-story, 503 feet (153 m) landmark Art Deco high rise built in 1929, located on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. It is clad in black granite, green and gold terra cotta, with gold leaf and bronze trim.
The Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation was formed on November 1, 1917, from the merger of the Union Carbide Company founded in 1898, the National Carbon Company founded in 1886, Linde Air Products Company, a maker of liquid oxygen at Buffalo confiscated from Gesellschaft für Linde's Eismaschinen AG under the Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917, and the Prest-O-Lite company, manufacturer of ...
245 Park Avenue is a 648-foot (198 m) skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.Designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, it was completed in 1967 and contains 1.7 million square feet (160,000 m 2) on 48 floors.