Manhattan high-rise deemed stable after columns buckled, and some evacuations are lifted
Crews installed jacks and new steel after two support columns buckled, and officials said the building showed no movement during hours of monitoring.
- On Tuesday, emergency crews began stabilizing a 37-story Manhattan building on East 42nd Street after two support columns buckled on the 21st and 22nd floors, sparking partial collapse concerns.
- Formerly the Pfizer headquarters, the structure is currently being converted into a 1,600-unit apartment complex and sits near Grand Central Terminal, the Chrysler Building, and the United Nations.
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani established a "frozen zone" from 40th through 45th streets, forcing evacuations of nearby tall buildings, the Israeli consulate, and a school with about 400 children.
- Ahmed Tigani, commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings, confirmed jacks and new steel stabilized the structure, though five buildings remain under evacuation orders.
- MetroLoft founder Nathan Berman believes the widening of about 15 top floors likely caused the columns to buckle, telling The Wall Street Journal, "Why those particular two columns and nothing else? We don't know.
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Officials ‘confident’ temporary shoring has stabilized NYC high-rise at risk
New York officials said they are “confident” the installation of temporary shoring on a high-rise in Midtown Manhattan has stabilized the building after officials warned of a partial collapse Tuesday when structural columns buckled.
NYC building threatening to collapse stabilized with emergency jacks; some street closures lifted
NEW YORK — The sagging upper floors of a midtown Manhattan building under construction that threatened to collapse and caused a massive evacuation of the area has been stabilized with galvanized steel beams and emergency jacks, city officials said as…
Buckled Midtown tower shored up by crews, shows no new movement as frozen zone around building shrinks
The unstable Midtown building that forced evacuations after structural columns buckled has shown no additional movement since Tuesday morning, as crews continue installing emergency shoring inside the former Pfizer headquarters, allowing the city to reduce evacuation orders and narrow the frozen zone around the building, according to Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Temporary shoring and beams had...
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