270 Park Avenue

270 Park Avenue is a high-rise office building located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was designed by Natalie de Blois for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.HistoryThe address 270 Park Avenue was previously occupied by the 12-story, stone-clad Renaissance Revival Hotel Marguery built in 1917. At one point around the 1930s, Nikola Tesla took out rooms at the Hotel Marguery. The tenants of the Marguery Hotel hired New York prosecutor Peter McCoy in 1947 as their attorney. McCoy had previously prosecuted stockbrokers for the government before entering private practice.Natalie de Blois designed a skyscraper for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for the address, which was built in 1961. It served as the headquarters for Union Carbide until the company moved to Danbury, Connecticut in 1983. It is currently the world headquarters for JPMorgan Chase. The building is 707ft tall and contains 52 floors. The building is currently undergoing a full renovation in order to achieve a LEED Platinum certification.In popular cultureKiss of Death was shot between March and May 1947, with additional scenes being shot in June. Much of the filming was done in New York, using locations as practical sets, including the old Hotel Marguery at 270 Park Avenue at 48th Street. It was used in exterior shots as the headquarters for the "World Wide Wicket Company" in the 1967 movie How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.