Manhattan building in Midtown is stable

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Crews stabilizing Manhattan building, engineer says top floors likely crooked
Work began Tuesday night to shore up the failed columns on the project converting a commercial office building to apartments, said the city’s Department of Buildings commissioner.

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Manhattan building in Midtown is stable as crews work on shoring it up
Midtown Manhattan Building Unstable After Columns Buckle, Mamdani Says
Steel columns installed to stabilize midtown Manhattan building from collapse
Construction crews have replaced emergency shoring with steel columns to better stabilize a midtown Manhattan office building against a partial collapse, the city buildings department said Thursday.

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July 8, 2026 - Stabilization work continues on buckled columns at NYC high-rise
The next steps for a weakened NYC high-rise are up in the air. Here’s what’s happening now – and what could come next
NYC high-rise threatening to collapse gets stabilized, but what’s next for structure is unclear
"As soon as we answer the emergency questions around safety in this moment we are going to be conducting a full investigation as to how we got to this point," Mamdani said at an unrelated press confer...

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New York high-rise "stable" after building scare, officials say
Streets remain closed after structural damage at New York high-rise

Manhattan Building’s Columns Buckled Beneath New Addition, Images Show

Images and videos of the Manhattan building analyzed by The Times show that the structural columns buckled directly beneath where the recent addition was built.
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Pool deck at collapsed Florida condo building failed to comply with codes, standards, officials say

MIAMI (AP) — The swimming pool deck of a beachfront South Florida condominium that collapsed two years ago, killing 98 people, failed to comply with the original building codes and standards, with many areas of severe strength deficiency, federal ...