Manhattan high-rise is unstable
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Two columns buckled and floors sagged in the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown during an apartment conversion.
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Midtown high-rise's safety record under scrutiny after buckling columns discovered
An under-construction high-rise in Midtown is part of the largest office to apartment conversion project in city history, but the question is, was it done properly, and who is to blame?
A Manhattan high-rise that once served as Pfizer's HQ was evacuated Tuesday morning after officials found "buckled" columns and "sagging" floors.
The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.