After business hours in the summer of 1978, construction crews secretly entered New York’s towering Citicorp Center to carry out an unusual project. Working under cover of darkness, they dismantled and removed a striking architectural feature from the building’s iconic spire. The operation raised questions about the motivations behind altering such a prominent landmark. Details of the process and its significance remain shrouded in the same mystery that surrounded its execution.
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 ...
