Financial giant, JPMorgan Chase has a brand new skyscraper being built in the middle of New York City. 270 Park Avenue, also known as the JPMorgan Chase Building is located on the East Side of the ...
According to The Skyscraper Center, the next-tallest completed residential building is Manhattan's 432 Park Avenue at 1,397 feet, which Central Park Tower surpassed in height earlier this year.
To minimize the swaying, developers are putting giant counterweights called tuned mass dampers (TMDs) near the top of skyscrapers. A TMD is a giant ball made of steel or concrete that weighs ...