The Skyscraper Trying to End Work From Home
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
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The JP Morgan Chase Headquarters, a looming presence in New York City's Midtown Manhattan, is poised to become a groundbreaking addition to the city's iconic skyline. Standing at an impressive 1,388 feet, this 60-story skyscraper is not only set to become the 7th tallest structure in the United States but also promises to be the "largest all-electric tower" globally. The journey of this architectural marvel began in February 2018, with the announcement of the demolition of the Union Carbide Building to make way for a structure that would redefine the city's landscape.
Demolition and Reconstruction:
The Union Carbide Building, constructed in 1960, was voluntarily demolished between 2019 and 2021, marking a significant milestone as the tallest voluntarily demolished building globally. The new headquarters, designed by Foster + Partners, a London-based architectural firm, covers the entire city block and involves the purchase of air rights from neighboring structures. The approved design features a unique stepped structure with nine connected rectangular prisms, creating a visually striking and efficient use of space. The tower's base, supported by diamond-shaped trusses, will stand approximately 80 feet off the ground, contributing to an open and inviting street-level environment.
Architectural Features:
The interior of the building boasts 2.5 million square feet of working space, providing 25 percent more volume per person than its predecessor, the Union Carbide Building. With accommodations for an estimated 14,000 workers, the facility includes amenities such as a food hall, a penthouse conference center, a fitness center, and generously illuminated spaces designed to enhance the working environment. The building's unique design and thoughtful incorporation of natural light aim to make it an appealing workplace, potentially encouraging a return to the office.
Construction Progress:
The construction timeline has seen several milestones, from the initial scaffolding placement in July 2019 to the completion of the main tower's demolition by April 2021. Cranes and construction elevators were erected on-site by the end of the year, and progress continued with the completion of the first two setbacks by May 2023. However, construction faced a temporary setback in March 2023 when a worker tragically fell to their death from the 12th floor, leading to a brief suspension of work. Despite this setback, the building reached its topping-out ceremony on November 20, 2023, marking a significant milestone in its completion.
Financial Investment:
The ambitious project comes with a hefty price tag of $3 billion, a considerable investment for JPMorgan Chase. The company, which reported a record $49.6 billion profit in 2023, appears committed to making a lasting mark on the city's skyline and consolidating its New York City offices at 270 Park Avenue.
Environmental Considerations:
One of the most striking claims about the tower is its assertion to be the "largest all-electric tower in the world." However, there is skepticism regarding this statement, particularly from an electrical engineering perspective. While Foster + Partners claim the building will be powered by renewable energy from a New York State hydroelectric plant, the reality of electricity distribution raises questions about the actual source of power. Despite this, the building incorporates sustainable features such as advanced water storage and reuse systems, reducing water usage by over 40 percent, and energy-efficient elements like triple-pane glazing on the façade and automatic solar shades connected to HVAC systems. - Zábava
Loving how USA is bringing a revival to American 'Art Deco' architecture but making it futuristic
What on earth are you talking about, it literally looks so soulless and horrible.
@@ivanperkovic2614 It's supposed to be a smooth minimalist version of Art Deco. Better than these new plain glass minimalist skyscrapers.
@@p.ipebomb I'm literally a 4th year Architecture Student and let me tell you, there's nothing Art Deco about it. Fuck minimalism, return to tradition.
@@ivanperkovic2614 Damn foo no wonder you have so much pent up rage
@@ivanperkovic2614that explains a lot
It's beautiful! It's going to make an extraordinary addition to the legendary New York City Skyline!
I was in NYC this past weekend and made it a point to walk by this amazing structure. Then i went to the Top of the Rock and took pics of it. Wow!
I have watched this building from day one from afar. I got to walk by it in February 2024. Then get a roof top view from 30 Rock. Impressive is an understatement. Thanks for the report
The new york’s middle finger 😍
Love this building, very neo modern New York
The quality of this video is astonishing. Better than a lot of major construction oriented channels. Please keep up the good work!
That's very nice of you! Thanks!
Beautiful building with classic NYC style
The most amazing thing of this building is how are you going to get 14000 workers to leave home everyday?
not much excuse if you live a short walk or train ride away. this building sits above a underground train station
@@Ryan-093 I don't work in Manhattan. But my train ride would be over 90 min (its only 30 min by car without traffic). That's only to get to Penn. If I need a cross town uptown downtown bus or subway that's going to be another 20 min plus. If the company requires me to be in the office I will come. But you better be paying me enough to waste both my time and the companies. Because I will work for less for a company that doesn't waste that much of my time.
Maybe instead of building unnecessary high-rise office building, they should build a high-rise apartment building whose flat units would not be sold to buy-and-hold investors, speculators, but to the people that need to WORK and LIVE in the city.
@@bensonr2 You live in the US, you should be fine finding a company that will value your time and not require you to waste it on unnecessary travel to get to the office to do a job that can be done remotely. But we all know what is going on - conflict of interests; many high-profile people (also from the Corp world) have vested interested in real-estate funds that would suffer if those offices were empty. They do not look on the benefits of average Joe (cutting travel, expenses of communiting, life in an expensive city), they look on the side of billionaires and other cronies who need to be even more richer, who are so stupid that forget that if you get rid of a functioning middle-class, the society is doomed.
The other comment is kinda right, u should prolly turn the music down a bit. But by the way this channel has a lot of potential and these are well made videos, if ur consistent u keep staying consistent I can see this being a semi big channel with like 100k subs.
Thanks for the tip, I'll come back to this comment if I'm fortunate enough to get there!
Stunning and unique building!
Proud to say I worked at the Foster + Partners that designed it :)
Great video. Succinct and interesting, answered questions I didn't know I had. Keep up the great work.
Stunning tower. Bold and super efficient. What a piece of art. Definitely fits NY's personality
you deserve more subs and views... for the quality of work you produce Klign
Thank you! That's very nice of you!
Great video!!!
Perhaps it could be repurposed as a homeless shelter or intake center for migrants. Or, as a museum that tells the story of how people used to work. And a big shout out to Microsoft Teams for letting us work from home, forever! 🥰
Looks great
I like the idea but also hate covering up the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building at the same time.
I remember NYC's skyline before and after 9/11. I think it was somewhere in the 2000s I was thinking it was starting to look better than it ever has. Then around maybe 2014 or 2015 I started noticing taller buildings pop up that kind of fit Manhattan's skyline. Now, since about maybe 2019 some of these towers just look out of place. Idk I just think it used to have a charm to it that seemed more welcoming, but I'm not from NYC or live there so I'm just making an observation from my own point of view
It’s sad to see such an amazing city fall to corruption
how does this only have 60 stories?? That can't be true. has to have at least 80
Right when the office real estate is getting destroyed.
Good video. Music distracts from the narrator.
I see that Construction is going fast. It could be completed by the end of this year or sooner. then expecting
Mixed feelings, for now it looks outscaled and based on renderings I think this feeling might stay. Not a fan of Foster's architecture in general, but hope this one when finished will change it.
Great video. Cool channel. Just the music should be lower, imo.
WOW WOW WOW
Great content ❤👍. The music too loud. Feels like listening to someone talking in the nightclub 😅
Three billion dollars of corporate exhibitionism that could have been saved by remaining WFH.
Nothing will end WFH unless you offer absolutely free daycare facilities to tenant employees and generous pet friendly amenities. Pretending otherwise is wishful thinking, Pandora's box is open. Beautiful architecture is not enough, sadly (I'm an architect... and I've realized after years of indoctrination, that design on itself is not enough for the general public).
There is a company that makes clear solar glass special made for skyscrapers. That will generate power for the building. If your going Boast Green you need Solar and huge backup batteries. No one predict where you going be pulling your power from unless you have building made from Solar glass.
Great looking building but no way in hell it’s going to end work from home lmao
I am dumbfounded by the mention of the fact that the power utilized will likely not come from renewable resouces. Nobody signs these contracts for power utilized, they are for power purchased. Ergo the end user is essentially agreeing to fund the construction of renewable resources equivalent to their expected use over a period of time for a set price. To even try and claim the electricity that they will use will be natural gas is a bogus claim because at the end of the day North America is actually split into a very small amount of basically distinct sectors of electric dris, but within thise sectors there is no way tu guarantee what generating source flows to where
Dustin, you make a very well-constructed argument, but I disagree because "sourcing" the electricity from this hydro plant cannot be guaranteed by the specific location (as you even mentioned in your final statement). If I have a mini solar field in my front yard (that's capable of powering my house) and feed it back into the grid, am I "sourcing" 100% renewable power?
@@KlignEngineeringI think Dustin is right. As long as the electric company holds up their end of the deal, it's valid to say that the building is powered by clean energy.
We all share the same world so it doesn't matter if that new clean energy is being used to power this specific building or being used to power homes on the other side of the world. The end result is the same.
No one gives a dam where the source of the power comes from pure hypocrisy
When people say that Manhattan doesn't feel like NYC anymore, I think it's because NYC used to feel like Gotham city 🌆 Art Deco architecture and less chain restaurants
the music is too loud and obnoxious
Good to know. Thanks for the feeback
It is still okay i would say but you good balance it more carefully. @@KlignEngineering
@@KlignEngineeringI think the retrowave music 🎶 is great!
Sounds like someone’s farting for the first 30 seconds
@@KlignEngineeringI thought the music was fitting so whatever you want
The irony is I work on this skyscraper and I work from home.
I Think Its Cool
Should I move to NY?
Give me a reason not to file a copyright on this video.
Hi @9mileproductions. If me using your content in this video upsets you, all you have to do is say the word and I will take it down. I'll be honest, I haven't done enough research on what is considered "fair use" and what is not. I recognize that I used 53 seconds of your video throughout this video(1:09 if you count the title pages), which is a significant portion of the video.
I was not intending to "steal" from you at all, in my mind I was simply using the highest quality content that I could find to help tell a story. I felt that by including your name in the top left of the video as a reference(which I recognize is small), that helped justify it.
You obviously do great work and I wish you the best, but please let me know if this upsets you and I promise I will take this video down.
At the top of your video description, edit in “Aerials of 270 Park courtesy of 9 Mile Productions”. Do this and I’ll look the other way. Good Luck to your channel.
Did that and linked your video. I appreciate the feedback, as I will try and incorporate this method for the future.
In the future, you request permission from the owner of the content and agree on terms. You can’t just poach it…or you can, but are subject to having it removed at anytime. If you do me like this again, I won’t reach out. Good luck.
The Bhopal disaster or Bhopal gas tragedy was a chemical accident on the night of 2-3 December 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL)
Source: Wikipedia
Would this not be the largest and/or tallest single tenant skyscraper in the western hemisphere? Even the other super talls are primarily built for multi tenant occupancy, which this one does not seem to be. May be a huge risk not to have that flexibility but as was pointed out, the cost seems to be a single digit percentage of net profit for a single year!
It is designed to be the bank headquarters, because of the fact that it is on top of a major railroad station many of the secure areas which in a large bank are usually in the basement must be above ground. This creates issues for other tenants.
The only problem, it's in New York. I guarantee, they've explored every option to get out of this.
2026 Headline: "Multi-Billion Dollar Tower Mostly Empty. Why?"
It so stupid Its all about control. People don't need to be at a desk 24/7 anymore. 90% of all jobs can be entirely from home. Only good thing to come out of that nonsense. Employers should embrace it and get quality workers instead of trying to force unhappy workers back to the office.
This is not true in banking due to both security and communications bandwidth issues. Banks still handle cash, bearer securities and bullion and dealing rooms have massive bandwidth requirements.
Why are they doing this when NYC has a high office vacancy rate?
Also i think that using electricity instead of toilet paper may not be justified
Remarkable design? It looks like it was designed by a kid in kindergarten.
Oklahoma City says hold my beer.
Love the building, hate the tenant. What was that profit number again??? I guess paying that extra interest rate is worth it to get this building....
What does "all electric" mean in terms of a building? Are there buildings with outlets for oil? I don't get it. I don't think I've ever been in a building that's not powered by electricity. 🧐
Air Filter Tower
2018 they decided to stop people from home ? No
Lol NYC has never been shy about skyscrapers? They are the creator of the things and for decades was the only place to see anything lile it
The music is ridiculous
lived in NYC--loved it before I moved. glamour, movie stars, etc.--right? Actually, it's barren, treeless, bird less, and covered w/plastic store awnings...It looks amazing from a drone/helicopter, but it is really pretty ugly and unlivable, even with money. These tear-downs are ruining it on a whole new level.
i love it
Back ground mus
70,000 homeless & countless migrant shelters everywhere. Crime is nuts but let's build another tall building, why ? This is 1 of the many reasons I moved T.F out that liberal hellhole
Yeah, CHASE doesn't make any money.
you can blame billionaires wanting to flex by building bigger taller office buildings for why you arnt able work from home, and check those work emails from your own comfort. keep commuting 45 minutes to work baby, jamie demon has a great office up there, its worth it
If you don't want to work in an office, just go get a job at a WFH company. Simple.
If you accidentally accept a job offer at a company where employees work in the corporate office, that mistake is on you.
No, we are trying to end unnecessary work from office. On top of that, we are trying to end fiat money and fractional reserve banking.
It's a beautiful building I have to admit but it doesn't stand out if it was in between 500m and 550m then you would stand out
Needs a toilet big enough to flush Dimon.
Not a fan of Dimon 💩 But what he said last month over at Davos was the truth. Perhaps there’s some redemption. For all the crap he and his crew pulled on NYC. For the last 4 years plus.
“Air rights” should be ended and a newer more building friendly policy needs to be enacted. This policy adds a lot of cost to an already expensive market. Also, I wish that more imagination and creativity were put in the design like other cities outside of America. This building is so unimaginative. Yet another boxy skyscraper being erected in the US. Boring.
Jeppers creepers - that dreadful intrusive music.
I gave up.
Wonder what happens when sea levels rise 50-100 feet or more?
An 8 min commercial for an ugly building.
So... it has nothing to do with ending work from home. Way to have a misleading title 👎👎
All I can say is that money could have went to fixing the Mta, school programs for the underprivileged, housing, sanitation, and funding for the arts! As a citizen of NYC, the city really has to do better with investing in itself. Rather than keep building skyscrapers, to make it seem like everything is ok
What does what a private company spends on their building have to do with what the city spends on services? If companies don't work in the city they won't be paying taxes that pay for those services.
@@bensonr2 taxes as a citizen go to many things. After these companies buy up the air rights, we are still paying for the tax breaks they receive. Especially, when they benefit from it daily.
The building looks great and it must be nice to have $300 billion in profits annually, but the title of this video "The Skyscraper Trying to End Work From Home" just slays me. If you want your employees to work in the office, direct them to do so. If they don't, fire them. They can continue to "work" at home in their PJ's and walk the dog and do their grocery shopping, pick up the kids, etc. on their own time.
Nothing but fair JP needs to house migrants there.
That awkwardness when we Indian heard name of union carbide name 😭😭
Coz there was gas leak in their factory in India which killed thousands of people and left many injured
yawn..........poor people don't care
Perhaps, should have built it in Florida.
Another ugly building in an ugly town. Who cares?
Turn off that stupid music.
after a death of a skyscraper comes a rise of another skyscraper🏙️🌆🌃🌇