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NYC high-rise ‘collapse zone’ leaves guests and locals scrambling for hotel rooms as street closures continue - The high-rise previously housed offices for the pharmaceutical company Pfizer and was be
A Midtown Manhattan office building that once had Pfizer offices was at risk of collapsing on Tuesday, prompting an emergency response.
The former Pfizer headquarters in midtown has continued to move since emergency responders arrived, officials said Tuesday.
Officials have observed additional movement at the Midtown Manhattan building, the former headquarters for Pfizer, which is being converted into apartments.
The conversion of an office building on East 42nd Street would be the largest project of its kind in New York City’s history, according to the architectural firm behind the plan.
A Midtown high-rise whose support columns were discovered buckling Tuesday is “shifting’’ and in danger of partially collapsing — a situation so precarious that crews can’t even go in to stabilize it,
