Crews working to shore up NYC building at risk of collapse
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NYC high-rise ‘collapse zone’ leaves guests and locals scrambling for hotel rooms as street closures continue - The high-rise previously housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and was be
A full evacuation has been ordered at a building in Midtown Manhattan that is undergoing conversion from office space to luxury apartments
The complex, which once housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, is being converted to residences. Officials inspecting it found that support columns were buckling and upper floors were sagging.
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.
A Midtown high-rise was evacuated Tuesday morning after massive beams inside the under-construction building started buckling — sending some floors caving in and bricks raining down under the crushing strain.
