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So I just read in the paper that JPMorgan Chase is building a new headquarters on Park Ave and tearing down its old one at 270 Park, which is 52 stories and 700 feet tall. Wiki lists this as the tallest building every voluntarily demolished--taller than any of the Trade Center buildings that had to come down after the 9/11 attack.
So how exactly do you tear down a building that big in one of the most crowded areas of the world? And will the nearby streets in Midtown be closed or years while they do it? I have no idea how this stuff works. Does anybody else?
Such a waste, seems like a perfectly fine building.
A bunch of other buildings will be demolished, since the city finally allowed to build taller in Midtown around Grand Central. This was done to bring modern Class A office space to the area.
They make it sound like it's the first project approved with this new zoning deal. But what about the building going up right now right next door to GCT, on 42nd and Vanderbilt Ave? I think that's going to be a supertall, 1000+ feet. Forget who it's being built for -- not that I care so much whether it's Big Bank No. 3 or Big Bank No. 8.
- Tear down facade
- Demolish flooring one by one.
- Destruct steel frame at connections or just cut at each floor.
Theoretically I understand that. But logistically and practically doing all that in the confines of Midtown seems like it would be incredibly difficult to accomplish on the narrow side streets. After all, the buildings that came down near the Trade Center were at least on the periphery of Manhattan, not dead center in the middle of it. Or will we essentially see the same amount of disruption, trucks, street closures etc. that we see when a high-rise is constructed?
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