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NEW YORK — A Manhattan high-rise remained unstable Tuesday after officials found that columns buckled and floors sagged while it was being converted to luxury apartments, forcing evacuations in and around the Midtown construction site.
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NEW YORK — A Manhattan high-rise remained unstable Tuesday after officials found that columns buckled and floors sagged while it was being converted to luxury apartments, forcing evacuation...
The unstable building is the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown Manhattan that is being converted into apartments.
The operation to stabilize 235 E. 42 St. is expected to last "into the night," officials said.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
An under-construction high-rise in Manhattan was still unstable after buckling columns and sagging floors raised fears of a collapse.
Two structural columns buckled and some floors have sagged in the building near Grand Central station.
Editor's note: The video above aired in a previous newscast. MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- A building in Midtown Manhattan's "Frozen Zone," near where a buckling high-rise prompted the evacuat...
Officials also find multiple cracks and sagging floors in building that is being converted into apartments A high-rise building in Manhattan was deemed unstable on Tuesday after authorities...
A 37-story former Pfizer headquarters building in Midtown Manhattan remained unstable after columns buckled, forcing a frozen zone and mass evacuations.
Officers say the workers spotted structural support columns beginning to buckle on the 21st floor and self-evacuated.
Initial reports of falling bricks sent firefighters rushing Tuesday morning to the busy corridor near Grand Central train station and the landmark Chrysler Building.
Initial reports of falling bricks sent firefighters rushing Tuesday morning to the busy corridor near Grand Central train station and the landmark Chrysler Building.
Initial reports of falling bricks sent firefighters rushing Tuesday morning to the busy corridor near Grand Central train station and the landmark Chrysler Building.
Initial reports of falling bricks sent firefighters rushing Tuesday morning to the busy corridor near Grand Central train station and the landmark Chrysler Building.
Initial reports of falling bricks sent firefighters rushing Tuesday morning to the busy corridor near Grand Central train station and the landmark Chrysler Building.
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