10.21.20 - Two New Office Buildings Open, When Nobody’s Going to the Office
'Eight months into the pandemic, New York keeps right on building. Midtown seems populated entirely by construction workers finishing crash pads for plutocrats who may never show up. The 700-foot Union Carbide Building on Park Avenue is shrinking day by day so its successor, a super-tall JPMorgan headquarters designed by Norman Foster, can rise in its place. The pandemic stilled the frenzy for a while, but we’re now back to 190 million square feet of floor space under construction in the five boroughs.'