[ThunderSleeps]

This settling has been going on for year - since it was first built. If it is the building I'm thinking of, I read an article or two about it a couple of years ago. The problem isn't so much that it is settling into the ground, it is with the rate and projected total amount. They knew it would settle, they just blew the calculations estimates of how much and how fast. Also, as long as the settling is relatively even it will just be an inconvenience. If it starts to become uneven it could tilt the building, put uneven, perhaps dangerous stresses on some structural members. That's why an unexplained crack in a window gets everyone's attention - it could be an indication of internal stresses and uneven strains within the structure - not a good sign at all. If windows start popping out, or breaking in place but losing chunks... A hand-sized shard of glass fluttering down from 30+ floors up can travel a long ways - no-one is safe within a block or two of this monster.

[Liz]

The initial clue that something was wrong was when a resident was practicing putting golf balls......but no matter where she placed the ball, or how she hit it, the ball always rolled down to the same corner.

PROBLEM ONE-—At that point....they knew the building was tilting.

PROBLEM TWO-—the broken window indicated to one engineering firm that the facade was separating from the interior structure.