Midtown building remains unstable as buckled columns keep moving; evacuations still in place

A major Midtown Manhattan thoroughfare remains gridlocked and seven surrounding buildings have been evacuated after two ...

New York City buildings evacuated amid risk of skyscraper’s collapse after columns buckle

Multiple buildings in New York City have been evacuated amid the risk of an under-construction Manhattan skyscraper ...

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 ...

Repairs continue at New York building after structural failure prompted evacuation

Structural problems at a building in Midtown Manhattan continue to snarl traffic as repairs and inspections proceed. The area was evacuated this week when the building was deemed at risk of collapse.

NYC building on E. 42nd St. in danger of collapse, evacuated after columns buckle

The FDNY was called to 235 E. 42nd St. near Second Ave. just before 8 a.m. when bricks began falling from the 38-story ...

East 42nd Street incident aside, NYC to move forward with more office-to-residential conversions. Here's why.

The former Pfizer building in Midtown is among the largest office-to-residential building conversions in New York City ...

New York construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing

The buckling of two steel columns at the former Pfizer headquarters in Manhattan has raised questions about one of the nation ...