Posted on 07/10/2026 8:04:43 AM PDT by libstripper
We reported on the scary scene that unfolded in midtown Manhattan Tuesday when support columns at the former Pfizer headquarters skyscraper buckled and the building sagged. Mass evacuations were ordered as authorities worried the whole thing could come down. The property is being converted into luxury residences.
The situation has been stabilized for now, but there’s still the danger of a partial collapse, and portions of the building may need to be demolished.
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
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Pfizer can just take some of the money they got for the clot shot and pay all the apartment buyers back.
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Developers and landlords who may one day find themselves in court in front of a New York City jury will face incalculable odds.
I know what to do - i recently watched Idiocracy.
Are there no building inspectors in NYC?............
“Developers and landlords who may one day find themselves in court in front of a New York City jury will face incalculable odds.”
They even passed a temporary state law just to get Trump.
Somewhere there is a democrat’s hand or two (or more) in this mess. I smell liberal fraud.
LOL
Hopefully these ahole celebrities will wake up and realize that if you can’t trust a builder to renovate a building, you can’t trust government people to run your life.
I’m betting the construction firm was using cheap Chinese steel.
Low bidder.
Maybe we can say, “Gravity Sucks”.
I’m still keeping my money on DEI firms that either skipped structural analysis for the extra weight and construction equipment, or DEI city employees and inspectors who ignore or didn’t require new analysis. A cubicle office is one thing. Luxury apartments are another.
Something as insignificant as building inspection is beneath the dignity of an Islamo-Communist mayor, especially when the only people to benefit are the “super rich.” Of course, since those creeps probably supported the Thing, they’ve fouled their nests and have to sleep in it. I’m desperately, desperately searching for my smallest violin.
as authorities worried the whole thing could come down.
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Well, the authorities are worrying.
I can sleep well, knowing that.
I can't believe how biased people are against show business nitwits who were first in line to get the Pfizer shot and wore masks for two years to protect everyone! /rimshot
The computers model the more or less finished product, not a bunch of beams and concrete sitting in a corner and transferring the entire load to a few supporting beams on one side.
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I Knew It!
It is the darned computer’s fault.
Escape from NY, the movie, is being downsized to Escape from the loft.
Mamdani, make sure you tax the hell out of those Hollywood tenants - so what if they can’t actually live in their apartment
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