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Manhattan high-rise to be stabilized

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Manhattan High-Rise To Be Stabilized After Columns Buckle, Forcing Evacuations

Officials say an under-construction high-rise in Manhattan remains unstable after columns buckled and floors sagged.

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Manhattan high-rise deemed stable after columns buckled, and some evacuations are lifted

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Bricks fall from Manhattan high-rise, leading to discovery of buckling towers

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Manhattan high-rise is still unstable after columns buckle, forcing evacuations

NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan high-rise remained unstable Tuesday after officials found that columns buckled and floors sagged while it was being converted to luxury apartments, forcing evacuations in a...

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Midtown Manhattan Building Unstable After Columns Buckle, Mamdani Says

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Manhattan high-rise is still unstable after bricks fall and columns buckle, officials say

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Manhattan skyscraper at risk of collapse as 5 floors cave in near Times Square

No injuries to workers or civilians were reported by FDNY.

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Midtown high-rise's safety record under scrutiny after buckling columns discovered

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Midtown Manhattan high-rise evacuated after columns buckle, sending bricks falling onto the street below

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Manhattan high-rise developer says new addition caused structural problems

The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.

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New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges

New York City has bet heavily on converting aging office buildings into apartments to help ease a housing shortage. But the threat of a partial collapse Tuesday by one such conversion in progress highlighted the significant challenges of those construction projects.

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NYC building at risk of collapse prompts evacuations, FDNY says

Fire officials said two columns had buckled on the 21st and 22nd floors, while floors were sagging between the 21st and 26th floors.

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Manhattan Building at Risk of Collapse Is Being Converted to Apartments

The conversion of an office building on East 42nd Street would be the largest project of its kind in New York City’s history, according to the architectural firm behind the plan.