Drawings obtained by The New York Times and reviewed by engineers show insufficient reinforcements on eight more steel columns than previously known at a Manhattan building.
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For nearly three weeks, restaurants and other small businesses in the shadow of the former Pfizer building were shut when the tower began to buckle.
Among those connected to companies that worked on 235 East 42nd Street were a man who once bribed city officials and a developer who gave a loan to Bernard Kerik.
The inspections were prompted by an incident in Midtown last week, an official said. It was unclear how many sites were being looked at.
‘They did not shore up the job correctly’
Two columns buckled in a 33-story high-rise in Midtown New York on July 7. The building has been evacuated, nearby traffic has been rerouted, and a local school has been canceled. The building was formerly an office space used by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and is being converted into apartments, per PIX11 News . Cliff Johnson, who was working on the building at the time of the evacuation, told PIX11 News that the project was a total renovation, with crews gutting the 33-story building and planning to add another 16 stories. Johnson also questioned the work of the contractors. Video shows two columns buckled inside a Midtown building under construction. Dozens were evacuated and multiple streets were closed at the height of rush hour. See…Open
Nathan Berman has shied away from the showy ways necessary to succeed in New York real estate. Now, his largest project is in limbo.
Crews installed “temporary shoring” on more floors in the building, and the developer of the project has reassured investors that the project will be completed on time.
Structural engineer Allyn Kilsheimer joins "The Hill with Blake Burman" to discuss the New York City high-rise that was evacuated Tuesday after bricks fell and columns buckled. The building had been cited several times for safety violations over the past year, records show. #nyc #highrise #evacuation "The Hill on NewsNation" combines the power of two trusted news sources to define today's most-pressing issues, and question Washington's power brokers on what matters most to the people they serve and what matters most to Americans.
At least two hotels near the unstable building were evacuated, stranding travelers and forcing guests to clamber for alternative accommodation.