Engineer Christopher Behan said reinforcing steel was never installed, despite plans that explicitly called for it.
Two columns on the 21st floor of a building under construction in Manhattan buckled Tuesday morning, triggering a slate of street closures and a large emergency response, according to the FDNY. The ...
Five surrounding buildings near 235 E. 42nd St. remain evacuated, and East 43rd Street remains closed out of an abundance of ...
The steel-framed building formerly held offices for Pfizer, but is now being renovated into luxury residential housing, ...
A building under construction in New York City could be in danger of collapsing after people called the fire department reporting that bricks were falling from the high rise.
A Gothamist review of city-approved plans show that columns below a major expansion of the existing structure were to be reinforced.
The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.
Mapped: New York City’s compromised high-rise leads to closures around major Manhattan landmarks - The 37-story office building had been undergoing extensive renovations to convert it into over 1,600 ...
A Manhattan high-rise that once served as Pfizer's global headquarters was evacuated Tuesday morning after bricks plunged from the 38-story tower.
The New York City high-rise, deemed at risk of collapsing Tuesday, has 44 prior complaints against it, including allegations ...
A Midtown Manhattan high-rise building was evacuated Tuesday after authorities said it was at risk of collapsing. Approximately 150 fire and EMS personnel are on the scene.
The buildings department is looking at projects of those involved in the Manhattan incident last week.