Work Halted at Another Office Conversion in Midtown Manhattan
New York City officials told developers this week to pause some construction at a high-rise office building in…
Firms With Checkered Pasts Tied to Troubled Midtown Construction Project
A company responsible for oversight at the Manhattan building project now under investigation for structural failures was founded…
Manhattan Building’s Buckled Columns Probably Lacked Required Reinforcements
Two columns that buckled and failed in a Midtown Manhattan tower on July 7 were supposed to be…
N.Y.C. Officials Inspecting Construction Sites After Building Buckles
New York City officials have been conducting safety inspections of construction sites across the city this week after…
Developer of Troubled Midtown High-Rise Had Tried to Avoid the Spotlight
Nathan Berman, a key developer behind the Midtown Manhattan building that became dangerously unstable this week, has never…
Buckling Manhattan High Rise Becomes Focus of Criminal Investigation
New York City investigators and Manhattan prosecutors have opened a preliminary criminal inquiry into what caused columns inside…
Rush to Evacuate as ‘Beams Started Bending’ and Floors Sagged at Midtown Tower
Twenty-one stories above a Midtown Manhattan street on Tuesday morning, construction workers were busy converting an office building…
What to Know About the Compromised Building in Manhattan
A high-rise Midtown Manhattan office building being converted to apartments showed signs of collapsing on Tuesday, prompting evacuations,…
Inspector of Buckling Midtown Building Cited for Missing Problems at Other NYC Sites
Before columns buckled inside a Midtown Manhattan office tower on Tuesday, a private firm conducted several inspections of…
This Summer, Midtown Manhattan Is Taking Center Stage
Midtown Manhattan occupies a particular place in the popular imagination. It is the land of hop-on-hop-off buses, Broadway…
Manhattan Building’s Columns Buckled Beneath New Addition, Images Show
At least two structural columns buckled and failed in a 37-story office tower in Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday,…
Climbers Get Engaged Atop Empire State Building. Then They Get Arrested.
As if the Knicks, the World Cup, Taylor Swift’s possible wedding and the 250th birthday of the nation…