The next steps for a weakened NYC high-rise are up in the air. Here’s what’s happening now – and what could come next

Crews are expected to finish emergency shoring of a Midtown Manhattan high-rise by Thursday, the building’s developer says.

Visualizing the buckling at an NYC high-rise and how teams are working to stabilize

Emergency measures to stabilize a Midtown Manhattan high-rise appear to be holding Wednesday, after the under-construction building’s structural columns buckled Tuesday.

July 8, 2026 - Stabilization work continues on buckled columns at NYC high-rise

Crews are making progress in their effort to stabilize an under-construction Midtown Manhattan building that was evacuated ...

New York City high-rise at risk of collapse, forcing evacuations

The 37-story Manhattan building was under construction when two support columns on the 21st floor buckled. Engineers are ...
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Manhattan streets begin to reopen as crews stabilize compromised high-rise building

Workers gather outside of the former Pfizer headquarters building on July 08, 2026, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty ...