Every evening during the summer of 1978, construction crews secretly entered New York’s towering Citicorp Center after business hours, working undetected inside the 59-story skyscraper. Their presence raised questions about what modifications were being made to the building’s interior while the rest of the structure stood as a completed landmark. The late-night activity sparked curiosity about the project’s purpose and the scale of the work being carried out in plain sight. Details about the nature of their task remain unclear, leaving observers to speculate about the building’s evolving design.
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 ...
