Save270Park

A grassroots alliance dedicated to preserving a mid-century masterpiece.

[Save270Park @Save270Park]

East Midtown deserves a better future. Tell @nyclandmarks and @nycmayor to landmark the Union Carbide Building!

Sign the petition:
https://t.co/wGdACPYRNv

[Save270Park @Save270Park]

@masonbwilliams @marklamster @JakeAnbinder @paulgoldberger Well, you certainly could describe the work of anyone defending Breuer's GCT scheme as "pathbreaking."

[Theodore Grunewald @TedGrunewald]

@NYCMayor @wef Let's talk about your promotion of the ecologically-unsound #RazeAndRebuild of #270Park Ave. together with @AliciaGlen, @DanGarodnick, & @galeabrewer.

#MayorHypocrite
#MayorRealEstate

#ClimateCrisis #AdaptiveReuse #decarbonize @Save270Park #BuildDeBlasio
https://t.co/3ru3dFQBTh

[Theodore Grunewald @TedGrunewald]

Let's talk about #270Park Avenue, Bill.

#Save270Park @LangeAlexandra #decarbonize @Save270Park #HistoricPreservation @PaulGoldberger
#ClimateCrisis @Kimmelman #AdaptiveReuse @JDavidsonNYC #ClimateEmergency @KarrieUrbanist
#Sustainability @Furmadamadam #SustainableArchitecture

[Theodore Grunewald @TedGrunewald]

Let's talk about #270Park Avenue, Bill.

#Save270Park @LangeAlexandra #decarbonize @Save270Park #HistoricPreservation @PaulGoldberger #ClimateCrisis @Kimmelman #AdaptiveReuse @JDavidsonNYC #ClimateEmergency @KarrieUrbanist #Sustainability @Furmadamadam #SustainableArchitecture

[Save270Park @Save270Park]

@JohnKingSFChron Not really known as a designer, unless you attribute the work of his junior staff to him.

[Theodore Grunewald @TedGrunewald]

Chakrabarti is one of the biggest single boosters of the ecologically unsound and aesthetically criminal demolition of Natalie de Blois' masterwork: 270 Park Avenue.

#Preservation-minded New Yorkers are happy to see his back.

Californians, beware! cc: @esotouric @Save270Park

[Theodore Grunewald @TedGrunewald]

Oh dear...
looks like Matty's all huffy again about repairing his windows.

I do miss @Gawker—but still can't believe this website is free.

#HistoricPreservation #preservation #CulturalHeritage #restoration #BuildingGreen @mcmansionhell #reuse #sustainability #GreenNewDeal

[Paul Goldberger @paulgoldberger]

The approval of this project was never in doubt, but it's still deeply saddening that it came without any serious public debate about JPM's cavalier decision to demolish one of midtown's finest postwar skyscrapers, SOM's Union Carbide. https://t.co/gSul5dJ6oA via @CurbedNY

[Save270Park @Save270Park]

@thecitywanderer Even more Brutalist!

[Save270Park @Save270Park]

@thecitywanderer That was not its original appearance.

[Theodore Grunewald @TedGrunewald]

@LangeAlexandra If only someone were making a documentary about Alicia Glen's central rôle in the destruction of Natalie de Blois' #MidCenturyModern masterpiece, #270Park.

#hypocrite #Save270Park @Save270Park

[Alexandra Lange @LangeAlexandra]

If only someone were making a documentary about Natalie de Blois!

[Paul Goldberger @paulgoldberger]

Not the least of the sadness here is that there are pretty awful buildings all around 270 Park that I would not miss at all, and for which a Foster replacement would be a huge upgrade. Instead we are losing the best non-landmarked building in the neighborhood

[Docomomo US @docomomo_us]

So frustrating demolition of 270 Park is moving forward. @usbgc We are looking at you to deny the LEED certification. As stated by @AIANewYorkState "demolishing such a recently renovated green building implies that sustainable design is a low priority." https://t.co/nHdD6ymt2L

[Alexandra Lange @LangeAlexandra]

Thanks @felixsalmon for highlighting the historic and environmental reasons NOT to tear down 270 Park https://t.co/tv68iyb4oT (Note: all that space between the security gates and the entrance, as well as the first floor, was originally a public plaza and gallery)

[Paul Goldberger @paulgoldberger]

It is my understanding that at some point they commissioned a study from a prominent architectural firm that showed how easy it would be under the new zoning to add a second tower on the Madison Avenue base. A further mystery is why they rejected it.

[Save270Park @Save270Park]

@paulgoldberger Or why not build up on Madison Avenue side and leave Park Avenue tower alone?

[Paul Goldberger @paulgoldberger]

JPMorgan Chase’s logic remains a mystery. Why after putting hundreds of millions of dollars into upgrading a great modernist landmark would you tear it down? The world wouldn’t miss 245 or 299 Park—why not them? Losing 270 will be a huge blow to the city. https://t.co/5K0XvIwfxI

[Harlan Erskine @harlanerskine]

We could be building new housing for people with low income. Instead we wast money on wasteful demolition of a historic modernist skyscraper.

[Harlan Erskine @harlanerskine]

@TedGrunewald I don’t understand why this would happen. This is not green - there better not be any LEED certification for anything that’s built there unless they reuse every piece of steel and glass that is demolished.