Manhattan High-Rise Developer Says New Addition Caused Structural Problems

The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to ...

New York hopes converted offices can ease a housing crisis. A structural emergency at a high-rise tower shows the challenges

New York City has bet heavily on converting aging office buildings into apartments to help ease a housing shortage. But the ...

Manhattan Building at Risk of Collapse Is Being Converted to 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, ...
Commercial Observer

Largest U.S. Office-to-Resi Conversion Under Threat of Structural Collapse

The largest office-to-residential conversion project in the U.S. is facing a structural emergency. Metro Loft and David ...
Architectural Record

Building Attractions: High-Rise Thrills

The famous observation decks of 20th-century buildings—the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, the World Trade Center—were low-tech but thrilling open-air platforms ringed by coin-operated ...