Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/270 Park Avenue (1960–2021)

270 Park Avenue (1960–2021)

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 13, 2025 by SchroCat (talk) 14:34, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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 Union Carbide, it was designed by the architects Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM). The 52-story skyscraper later became the global headquarters for JPMorgan Chase. It was demolished in 2021 to make way for a taller skyscraper at the same address. At that time, the Union Carbide Building was the tallest voluntarily demolished building in the world. The building occupied a full city block bounded by Madison Avenue, 48th Street, Park Avenue, and 47th Street. It was composed of two sections: a 52-story tower facing Park Avenue to the east and a 12-story annex facing Madison Avenue to the west, with public plazas. About two-thirds of 270 Park Avenue was built atop two levels of underground railroad tracks, which feed directly into Grand Central Terminal to the south. (Full article...)

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Main editors: Epicgenius
Promoted: April 22, 2024
Reasons for nomination: never TFA
Support as nominator. MisawaSakura (talk) 16:57, 23 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]