Dossier
21st floor
Coverage of 21st floor in the Nexus archive.
- We reviewed official designs for the buckled Midtown high-rise. What we found raises questions.
A Gothamist review of city-approved plans for the 21st-floor architectural floorplan of an office-to-housing conversion at 235 East 42nd St. revealed that columns below a major structural expansion were intended to be reinforced. The findings raise questions about the design of the buckled Midtown high-rise.
- Several NYC buildings evacuated as officials warn of possible collapse due to buckling beams
Several buildings in New York City were evacuated due to concerns about possible collapse from buckling structural beams. Workers on the 21st floor reported beams beginning to buckle and initiated a self-evacuation.