Manhattan skyscraper at risk of collapse
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A Midtown Manhattan high-rise building was evacuated Tuesday morning after authorities said it was at risk of collapsing. The 38-story building at 235 East 42nd Street was once the corporate headquarters for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
FDNY establishes a ‘collapse zone’ as it rushes to save NYC high-rise after evacuations - The high-rise previously housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfize and was being converted into apar
Officials have observed additional movement at the Midtown Manhattan building, the former headquarters for Pfizer, which is being converted into apartments.
Officials say an under-construction high-rise in Manhattan remains unstable after columns buckled and floors sagged.
A high-rise apartment complex in Midtown Manhattan remains structurally unstable and is at risk of collapse after the building’s support columns started buckling on Tuesday morning, officials said.
Officers say the workers spotted structural support columns beginning to buckle on the 21st floor and self-evacuated.
A high-rise under construction in New York City and nearby buildings are evacuated after structural columns buckled on the 21st floor of the 33-story building, sending bricks falling onto the street below,
The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.
