{"id":290624,"date":"2026-07-08T19:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290624\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:24:51","slug":"a-building-in-midtown-manhattan-nearly-collapsed-heres-what-happens-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/290624\/","title":{"rendered":"A building in Midtown Manhattan nearly collapsed. Here\u2019s what happens next."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-9f887a\" class=\"body-graf\">Less than 24 hours after New York City officials ordered the evacuation on several blocks around a Midtown Manhattan construction site, officials said Wednesday the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/buckling-beams-manhattan-high-rise-construction-trigger-mass-evacuatio-rcna353343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">building was now \u201cstable\u201d<\/a> and emergency repairs were underway, even as many residents and area employees remained uncertain as to how to proceed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" 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