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Midtown building
Coverage of Midtown building in the Nexus archive.
- NYC buildings commissioner confident buckling Midtown building is ‘stabilizing’ after emergency work
The NYC buildings commissioner stated that a buckling Midtown building is stabilizing after emergency work, with the situation now described as stable and safe.
- Why are the steel beams inside a Manhattan skyscraper buckling? Experts explain
Steel support columns in the Midtown building may be buckling due to potential overloading. The building is being converted from offices into apartments.
- Workers find buckling beams inside Midtown building under construction; nearby buildings evacuated
Workers discovered buckling structural support beams on the 21st floor of a Midtown building under construction, leading to a self-evacuation and the evacuation of nearby buildings.