Citicorp Center

1:3000 scale miniature paper model, about 4 inches tall

The distinctive slanted roof of this 915-foot tower is a landmark on the New York skyline. The building is also unique for its seemingly-precarious elevation on four stilts, which creates open space below for a public plaza, subway station and the chapel of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church.

Read more:

• New Yorker article about engineering flaws in the building secretly repaired in 1978: The Fifty-Nine-Story Crisis
• Citicorp Center in The Midtown Book at the City Review
• The Station at Citigroup Center, a fabulous miniature railway on display during the holidays
• A description of Citigroup Center on greatgridlock.net