The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) has launched a comprehensive investigation into the structural failure that halted the conversion of a 42nd Street skyscraper this week.
The emergency at 235 East 42nd Street in Manhattan involved two load-bearing steel columns on the skyscraper’s 21st floor that buckled.
“That investigation is ongoing, and we have not yet come to a determination on what caused the failure,” DOB press secretary Andrew Rudansky told The Epoch Times on July 10.
The incident became public during the morning rush hour on July 7 after the New York City Fire Department arrived.
Officials shut down several blocks of Midtown Manhattan, creating an evacuation zone that encompassed nine surrounding buildings….