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Steel Columns Buckle in NYC Conversion | Texas News
Steel columns buckled at Pfizer’s Manhattan building, halting work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions — a bold urban experiment to solve housing shortages. Engineers say the added weight from widening upper floors likely caused the failure, though the exact cause remains unclear. Despite the setback, experts remain confident these adaptive reuse projects can succeed with careful planning and new support systems. The incident underscores the risks and rewards of repurposing aging structures — a complex, high-stakes surgery on the city’s built environment that’s…
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