270 Park Avenue: New York's $3BN Skyscraper Explained
Is 270 Park Ave New York's comeback skyscraper?
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You shood do a video on the true scale on how large a shoppingmall is
I'll say that the Trump tower should be the first to become the housing of the homeless of the New Yorks people.
Hey @TheB1M could you make a video about Connect 2035, the multibillion plan to renovate the entire Northeast Corridor?
@@rydionnas6796 NYC taxpayers pay ~$5,000/month to house each homeless person in hotels so in effect yes they probably could live in Trump Tower
Do a video on a skyscraper called 740 Eighth Avenue
I’ll just say, I’m so happy this building design is kinda art deco. The worst thing that happened to New York’s skyline was abandoning Art Deco for Modernism
It seems that most of the time "modernism " is just least expensive. As I like to say - great modern architecture is really hard and most is just blaaaa
Uhm seems like you dont know a lot about architecture 😬
@@rurathn5534 The General Electric building disagrees with your tastes
@@rurathn5534 you like modernism or am I misusing the word?
This is more modernist than art deco. The supertall in Brooklyn is more art deco than this. If this building were proposed in 1965 it would be lauded as an exceptional piece of modernist architecture.
Rent is the key problem here. No matter the fancy things you build, the offices ain't gonna get filled if the workers can't afford to live in NYC.
Wait, so you're saying billionaires buying up all the new apartments and letting them sit vacant is NOT a solution to the general housing problem!? :P
The people working at JPMorgan are not the people struggling to make rent in New York lol
JC Morgan Chase executives make Bank pun intended
@@noggin6870 So no cleaners, maintenance staff, food servers etc. required to service that huge building with 10s of thousands of workers?
@@midnightstar4065 I'm not sure what your point is, none of the vacant office space in New York right now has anything to do with people in those positions.
Now that I think about it, This channel is part of the reason I want to study urban architecture and design
I aimed for that to but ended up choosing mechanical engineering. The amount of paperwork and regulations in the urban planning sector is just crazy (at least in my country). All the fancy design work is probably like 5% percent of the process. You should check what you are getting yourself into. Videos like these cut out the grinding years of endless discussions, lawsuits, paperworks etc.
I live in nyc, born and raised just like the skyscrapers. I was always fascinated with the engineering architecture and originally thought i’d study that (choose computer science), i love this channel because it truly pays respect to that aspect of buildings. Even bringing up some of the geopolitics of them. Which i find important to mention. Love learning about other projects outside my little city too 😌
Good urban planning should require a *lot* of economics. A lot of problems with urban design (eg. housing problems) are the result of thinking about urban planning through an architectural/ideological/community-based lens as opposed to an economic lens.
@@oO0Xenos0Oo hah! I dropped out of arch school for just that reasons
@@_human_1946 this is an interesting comment. Can you expand on some economic positions which cater to this industry of urban planning? Is it mainly just consulting or what else. Thanks.
I'm so stoked you've done a video for this building. I go to NYC for work a couple times a month and seeing it's progress every time is so exciting. Absolutely stunning building.
I have a weekly appointment across Madison Avenue once a week and have been documenting the growth since the first street level I-beams went up. Exciting!
i work next to this building and see the progress every day. i take pictures everyday and it amazes me everyday. this video felt so nice
I wish i could see progress at any time but i never see photos of the progress online thats very recent
I like how when they highlight a Feauture the Twin Towers had they still say “the first building” I’m like umm “There were first Twin Buildings”
@@radar_the_foxCheck out NY YIMBY they have the most recent updates on the construction!
I had an internship in the building next door during the summer of 2019. I remember walking by the site every day and seeing signs of “Future J.P. Morgan Chase World Head Quarters.” I’d look up and think, “wow, that building looks really boring.” And now I’m just learning they were tearing it down! The replacement looks awesome.
You mentioned it in passing - but the proximity of it to Grand Central Madison is a huge benefit to it as well, as commuters from Long Island will find it much easier to walk 3 minutes from the station than have to take a subway. It’s another incentive to come to the office.
As a JPM employee, I get really excited when I see the updates about the new HQ. Really hoping for a “field trip” someday to the new building after it opens!
Honestly, this skyscraper looks to be a great addition to the skyline of NYC. The design of the building is beautiful😍. Keep up the great work B1M!
Dropped this video with exquisite timing. Thank you B1M
You're welcome 😉
I work near here, construction was halted for a day or two last week because a carpenter fell through a floor and passed - it’s very sad. It’s super cool seeing the large flatbeds bring in the massive steel beams every morning though, fun to see the daily progress over the years,
He should have passed happy!? 🤨
Man, the foundation situation sounds precarious.
I always always enjoy B1M videos. It’s clear to me that you put a lot of effort into making really fine videos. I truly appreciate the results! It’s always high class and lifts the overall quality of KZhead itself. Thanks! It sparkles! The comments mostly reflect that. This channel is a cut above 👍
This is one of the few modern skyscrapers that I, from an architectural point of view, like. What makes it beautiful to me is the setbacks and geometric decoration.
I’m visiting my friend in New York this week and we walked by the construction site for this building, prior to me watching this video, I was very confused at what it was going to be, and was blown away by the massive steel beams at the base, because of the weird shape in which they hold up the building. I saw the thumbnail and recognized it instantly.
I'm torn, because I actually think the design of this building looks quite majestic and elegant, but on the other hand, I really don't think that enormous office buildings are the future anymore, considering how many people in business and finance are working from home.
There are still lots of fields where remote working does not work as good. Demand would go down in some fields but considering that the population of USA is constantly going up(opposite from Japan or China where demographic decline will make tall buildings not as needed in the long term) the demand for living and working spaces in urban environments will only be delayed, not reduced.
Any company that can out produce ; will out compete an "at home" work force. Chase bank will never be tended from couches. Who would leave billions to a banker in their cheeto stained briefs?
@@mxechohe says as most ceos never enter the office… work from home doesn’t mean everyone incompetent and disheveled
Could be renovated into an apartment complex, but everyone's apartment doubles as an office.
I believe there will be fewer skyscrapers for businesses in the future. Instead, they will construct several more modern-looking buildings, like the one pictured, close to each other for the high-paying and high-ranking businesses worldwide in those cities and states. The older business skyscrapers may be converted into apartments or condos for remote workers and just anyone who wants to live there, but there will always be a need for business buildings. Face-to-face business meetings ensure that everyone is on the same page and focused on the business plan. Just my opinion and thoughts
Absolutely love your content! The execution and delivery is simply superb and keeps me wanting more. Thanks 🙌
In all seriousness, I really love how zoning architecture and construction are proving to be such an absolute core to helping New York City. Obviously it goes without saying that everything that happens. Generally happens inside of a building, but it really is awesome to know that there are people who are using the built environment as more than just a utility but are creating super beautiful architecturally renowned premium office space that also happens to strengthen and support the economy of our cities. You keep saying it like just building his building is going to shore up New York’s presents, but it really is fascinating to think that that’s kind of how it works.
Miami isn’t close to being Wall Street. It’s a few Hedge Fund heavyweights who want sunshine. New York is the top dog, and nothing indicating this will change. The ascendancy of financial centers around the world does little to change this because even if they’re nascent planets, they still orbit the sun that is NYC.
Miami isn't even remotely close to NYC or even Chicago tbh
There's one huge reason why Miami will never overtake NYC beyond just climate change: public transit. Miami Metrorail only has 23 stations, and while the Metromover is a unique and cool system (particularly since it is free and gets you anywhere you need to in Downtown Miami), it still pales to the NYC Subway.
Miami in investing heavily in upgrading the system and expanding it. They just announced they're adding 27 more carts in the coming years.
@@GeorgeP-uj8xc but there are few if any major expansions in the works
We're not talking about normal people here, this is about ultra wealthy, and their luxurious office skyscrapers. Your average company can run business from any regular old town office block
Back when I was a teenager, I used to build a similar structure by using dominos and thought how cool would have been in real life. Seeing this project after 16-17 years gives me a weird feeling of satisfaction :D
Well done, B1M!! Kudos to your production team!!
New York...one day i will explore you...Mr. Mills, your narration always does a place justice...and it inspires creativity...excellent B1M video as always!!! good reason why this was my first subscription on KZhead, and still my favorite!
“Put New York back on the map” tell that to my monthly rent
Loved the video as always, fantastic work B1M team!
Thank you!! ✊
how can a man find another man sexually attractive? The whole thing blows my mind.
This is an architecture channel. Drink some coffee and find the channel you’re looking for when the caffeine hits. It’s a great drug to stop dozing
@@TheB1M Mexico City is the LARGEST city by population in North America idiot. Mexico City has 8.9 million and NYC has 8.4 million.
New York never stops growing just like the B1M never stops giving us good content. I am proud to be part of this family!
New York’s population is shrinking. All of its real estate gains come from foreign demand. Crime is back to 1980s levels. What a repugnant polyglot dump.
Reminds me of 21 Moorfields in London: built over Moorgate tube, the piles were also an issue and the steel frame is also on display.
Another high quality, informative video from the B1M. Keep up the great work!
I absolutely love these videos. The B1M is easily one of my favorite channels on KZhead. That being said, I tried wiping my screen off around the 6:30 mark. Maybe leave out that speckled filter thing in future videos. Love your content!!!
The B1m is the my favourite you tube channel
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@@anhvu-yp9vs True but you should’ve added a period to your comment, right?
New Yorks problem: Lack of living space New Yorks solution: more office space Yeeeeah...
@Malachai Carter isn't this primarily an office building? And isn't the main problem for the city its insane cost of living? What is intern making it uncompetitive compared to other places ?
Interesting stuff! I just so happened to be in NYC, so I'm definitely going to check out the construction site one of these days. Great video!
B1M: Here in B1M, we want an underdog story. Ah yes. Nothing says underdog but New York and JP Morgan Chase.
love the channel! but 1) isn't CDMX the largest city in NA by size and population? 2) I don't think anyone can seriously pretend NYC is anywhere near to being dethroned as the global financial center, least of all by Miami
Agreed fully on both points. If anything, CDMX has a better shot at dethroning NYC as the alpha city in the Western Hemisphere than MIA ever could. Not that we will live to see it.
um... what is CDMX ? 🤔
@@_Breakdown Mexico City.
Americans themselves don’t even take Miami seriously
I'm not from US, and I'll place my bet on Shanghai then ever placing it on Miami..
I work right around the corner from this building site. It was truly fascinating to see them dismantle the old building. I've never seen anything like it!
Love these videos, thanks for much. Love the breakdown of the building showing the subways and structural part, great work❤
Another great video! It’s interesting to see how office towers are becoming more adaptable with leisure and amenities to attract tenants, something I believe is a good thing to see. The same thing is happening here in Los Angeles, every new office tower that goes up seems to have a sky deck, rooftop cinema, gym etc
Thats because they only recently lifted requirements that required the roof be flat and available for helicopters for emergencies, etc. now we can actually have skyscrapers with a peak and not just flat squares of modernity.
I'm not an engineer by any stretch of the imagination. But that base structure make me nervous.
The tower that was dismantled was higher than any building here in Rio (216m x 163m)...
It’s good to see British architects Foster + Partners is designing this new American icon. British civil engineers and architects are world class. Hopefully, they will do the same in London too.
Just wanted to say Thank You :)). Thank You for supplying us with such high-quality content! Keep up the awesome work >:))!
Ah thank you so much! 🙌 We will!
Amazing production and use of 3D animation models in Fred and team!
Great video once again, thanks Fred!
Excellent video, amazing building. Please if possible more on the foundation system the building rests on, it might be the most interesting part of the whole structure. Thank you.
second that request!
Grady Smith did a great podcast on this!
Finally another THEB1M Video :) Couldnt wait for it. Hopefully i will be in New York City this year, to see all These Skyscrapers in real life :)
“City in decline”, is how NYC is described in this video. And the reason is because office occupancy is down. By that measure, other cities have it significantly worse. NYC’s office occupancy rate is around 54%, while London, England is only 44%.
I am so in love with channel. By far, the best thing on KZhead
As usual another brilliantly produced mini documentary
Always great to see another video
I’m so happy with the building’s design! I love NYC and architecture. This building compliments the ESB, Chrysler Building, and 1WTC so well. I can’t wait to visit when it’s completed. I live in Charlotte, Nc and Bank of America’s corporate center is the best and tallest tower we have. It kinda has a similar Art deco design inspiration!
Thank you for covering this! huge fan of the building. would love to hear you talk about what's going on at the Penn District :)
Amazing analysis and visuals too, per usual. Though your vocal audio sounded a little off… different mic?
While the reason for building it is a bit dubious, I have to admit, this is one of Foster's best projects for a while. The base design is genius and it fits in very well with its surroundings. Love the art deco edge to it.
Can not see any other city can be a financial centre like NYC. Thank you.
Not anytime soon. London came close tho but then brexit happened
There are a lot of financial indexes that rate cities, and depending on which one you're looking at, either New York or London are number 1 globally.
The B1M and NY is always a hit! Great video guys
Please also do a video on the upcoming Hudson's Tower going up in Detroit. From the site of the famous Hudson's department store, to abandonment, to one of the biggest developments in the Midwest, I think it would make a great video.
The first building I'm seeing go up in New York, in my time, that I actually love the design.
You might like The Brooklyn Tower (9 Dekalb) I just passed by yesterday and it is 98% finished.
I kinda like 1 Vanderbuilt, it has an interesting crown that they light up in different colors
These fundaments are really really worrying to me! It's just feels like there aren't enough to hold this huge building! I hope they calculated everything right
there is a lot of construction youtube channels but not going to lie your channel is like the luxury youtube channel for construction when it comes to quality.
Just took the LIRR to Grand Central Madison 3 months ago late at night. Walked from there, and the Vanderbuilt up past 270 Park to Billionares Row, and then to 10th Ave. Then I walked south to Hudson Yards. I'll visit this building again in the daytime to see the progress they've made.
Generally, I like the design of the skyscraper, but as HQ I would have imagined something more sinsiter-looking for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Tbh, foundations (or rather lack of them) are scaring me. Will it really be safe? To build something on such few foundations and on top of metro/underground tubes?
Bedrock
Excellent video. I’ve been watching this skyscraper slowly go up on my visits to NYC. The Vs in the air intrigued me… amazing details in the video.
I always like the b1m videos. They are very informative.
YES, we need more new york videos
New York is way too massive and great to allow a comparatively small project like this to have much of an impact on anything that NYC already is.
This building is a great addition to NY. Nothing wrong with that.
It'll definitely effect the skyline, along with the new Grand Hyatt building going up over by Grand Central Terminal, the east side is going to look a lot taller in a few years
@@Lv-nq9qz I think the souvenir shops will start selling small models of these new skyscrapers, same as with the Empire State Building.
@@Lv-nq9qz nooo i hope they dont build that disgusting hotel
@@radar_the_foxI think it's kinda nice, but it is a little over scaled for its site
This building looks stunning. It and Brooklyn tower are my favorite recent additions.
The V-shaped columns remind me of the old-school French design when building tax was calculated by the area of the building footprint and not the size of the usable space of the building. The most simple concepts are often so complex.
New Yorkers do not really seem to care about any new skyscrapers. If you talk to them, many have never heard of "The Spiral" for example. That is a supertall skyscraper with quite large floor plates and with a cost of $3.7 billion it is one of the most expensive skyscrapers ever built. Such a tower would dominate most skylines in the world, but in New York City it is just seen as another skyscraper in Hudson Yards. From street level most supertall skyscrapers do not have a huge impact. For example if you walk along Park Avenue, 432 Park Avenue might not catch your intention. Only from a distance you will see how impressive it is. Even for a 400 metre tower it is not easy any more to stand out in Manhattan. 270 Park Avenue might stand out at night because of the illuminated top.
The Seagram Building built a plaza, so it does have an impact on the street. I think people would care, if there was a skyscraper built in NoHo or East Village or Chinatown, because it would mostly be by itself and you could easily see it.
Isn’t Mexico City North Americas largest city by population?
You are right. Both in terms of city limits and metropolitan area
This channel makes my week ❤
As a New Yorker, I will say that the feeling on the ground is nowhere near as bleak as the text for this video makes it out to be. And indeed, there is a LOT of current construction making up for the lag in super premium office space
I wonder if they took into account the vibrations during demolition of the original tower. Since they are reusing the foundation…
NYC has nothing to worry about concerning Miami. Miami is a least several tiers down and not even on the map. In North America, NYC is in a league of its own.
Good video Fred and Crew!
Great channel! Greatings from Morocco!
Thank you so much!
The B1m is the best of you tube
I would love to see a spin off channel where you dive into more details about construction. For instance, how the heck did they do 6:27 to 6:32 ? I really love this channel but its presentation is at the level of urban planning / architecture / politics, even though B1M's logo says "The Definitive Video Channel for CONSTRUCTION." (cap locks mine).
Amazing building and amazing video!!
This channel is so fascinating..
I'm sure they've thought about it... but that massive tower on 'just' those 20 or so steel legs looks awfully... spindly
I just walked by it this weekend. it looks very unstable, but what do I know
Cool stories and amazing information and a muscly babe i have been binging this channel all day
Good job on the video man I can tell in your voice that your proud
NYC never has, nor will, lose its MOJO!
Thank you for finally (3 years late) acknowledging NYC’s decline. I’ve lived in NYC’s FiDI for several years, and with the office to apartment conversions, there is literally no business left on physical Wall St. Walking around, it feels like elevated public housing. Midtown still maintains its importance, but not in the pre-Covid pandemic at at all.
Lol
This is where I stay up to date on everything building related
I really love this channel. I just wish the videos were much longer 😅
Is there any structural difference when they build the floors first then the core?
I am not at all an expert, but I believe that this building's all-steel core provides less shear strength than a concrete core of comparable size (the concrete here is only for fireproofing, not structural) - hence the huge diamond shaped braces! However, this has less to do with the order in which they are built- One Vanderbilt and One World Trade Center both have structural concrete cores, yet theirs were also built after the floors.
There basically is no load bearing core at all in this building.
for any large metropolis you've gotta start making them affordable for everyone to live there.
Looking forward to the video you will make on the "Big Bend" on 57th Street!! That is a bit mental!
I have been to New York and was thinking to come back again. Now I am sure to go back once this elegant behemoth is finished.
I’m not convinced that a few angled steel beams is supposed to hold that whole thing up lol
It's a common misconception, but the largest city by population in North America is not NYC. It's actually Mexico City.
NY Metro area has a population of 23 million. That's more than Mexico City.
I have to give credit where it's due. I love B1M's work! One of, if not the best channel to follow development for us development nerds. My only issue I have with the work done is that 90% of the channel covers stories in either London, New York City, the Middle East, or China, that is it. Yes, there are outliers here and there and not saying that ALL videos released are those four regions only. But I want to see more stories on other parts of the world more equally. I live in downtown Chicago, and while yes there have been stories The B1M have done recently here, there is SO MUCH more that can be covered of stories similar to this one with better quality too. Same thing with cities like Atlanta, LA, and other European cities we don't see as often. The content just gets boring after watching 1 out of 10 videos not being about one of those four cities/regions. Honest feedback I'm giving, I get there's a lot of logistical things that need to be done to make these videos happen, but I think Fred needs to consider expanding his team to do broader coverage than focusing on JUST New York, or London.
And this, this is why I subscribe! Thanks for the excellent content
hi, love this vid
Thank you!!
Wow those diagonal beams at the bottom look 😳 death defying bros 😳 👏 😐 😊
This building is making an impact on the skyline as of right now. I think it might be a couple hundred feet above 900’. I can be seen prominently from the elevated Bruckner in the Bronx, the Triboro bridge (RFK) and it’s breathtaking from the LIC water front.
So happy you posted this! I work at JPM in their current HQ right behind where they’re building this and it’s so exciting to watch it’s progress. Can’t wait to move in 2025 haha