Manhattan High-Rise Developer Says New Addition Caused Structural Problems

The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to ...

New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges

New York City has bet heavily on converting aging office buildings into apartments to help ease a housing shortage. But the ...

Buckling building in Midtown NYC will face partial demolition — but even stabilizing it beforehand will be highly risky: experts

The Midtown high-rise that dangerously buckled Tuesday will need to be partially demolished — although stabilizing it to even ...

Officials Work to Stabilize High-Rise That Shut Down Several NYC Blocks

Two columns buckled and floors sagged in the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown during an apartment conversion.
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Crews working to shore up Midtown high-rise

Crews are stabilizing a Midtown Manhattan high-rise after structural columns buckled. Most evacuated residents have returned, ...

Crews work to keep NYC high-rise stabilized — but that’s just the beginning. Here’s what comes next

A high-rise building in New York City’s Midtown Manhattan was stabilized after partial collapse fears. Here’s what could ...

FDNY responds to ‘buckling' high-rise under construction in Manhattan

Two columns on the 21st floor of a building under construction in Manhattan buckled Tuesday morning, triggering a slate of ...

Midtown NYC building ‘shifting’ and in danger of ‘localized collapse’: officials

A Midtown high-rise whose support columns were discovered buckling Tuesday is “shifting’’ and in danger of partially ...