Every evening during the summer of 1978, construction crews secretly entered New York’s towering Citicorp Center after business hours, working under cover of darkness to transform the building’s interior. Their presence went unnoticed by the day’s office workers, revealing a clandestine project unfolding within the iconic 59-story skyscraper. The unusual after-hours activity hints at a major structural or design modification, though the exact nature of the work remains undisclosed. Details about the project’s purpose and scope could shed light on one of midtown Manhattan’s most intriguing construction mysteries.
EVERY EVENING IN the summer of 1978, after the office workers left Citicorp Center, the carpenters arrived. They entered the 59-story tower on Lexington Avenue at 53rd Street in midtown Manhattan and ...
