[NYguy]

Originally Posted by patriotizzy

I don't care if it's the first of anything, it looks the same as any other 60s era building. A glass/steel box. Tear that box down and let's get something more creative or classy going.

I don't see the outrage either. Of course, there would be people who complain regardless. But people also would have complained about this:

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/2...ww.google.com/

Chase, one of the city’s largest private employers, has long been unhappy with its aging headquarters at 270 Park Avenue. Built in 1961, it originally was home to Union Carbide. The bank currently has about 6,000 employees crammed into the 52-story tower, which was built for 3,500.

Chase has renovated the 57-year-old tower several times to make it more accommodating.

Four years ago, it went further, exploring construction of a two-towered $6.5 billion headquarters on the Far West Side of Manhattan. But a potential deal unraveled, partly because the city rebuffed a request to provide roughly $1 billion in tax breaks and cash, on top of the $600 million in property tax breaks the bank already receives.

This is a better deal for the city...

Chase is expected to buy unused development rights from nearby buildings, generating more than $40 million for public improvements to the streets, pedestrian plazas and sidewalks in the neighborhood under the new zoning plan.