The ambitious office-to-residential conversion added new construction to an existing building, causing supporting columns to buckle and steel beams to bend.

The developer of the Midtown Manhattan skyscraper evacuated after its support beams began buckling denied that the building was at risk of collapse, insisting the crisis was a “localized situation” in a statement Wednesday afternoon.

Images and videos of the Manhattan building analyzed by The Times show that the structural columns buckled directly beneath where the recent addition was built.

A 37-story building under conversion into apartments in Manhattan was declared structurally unstable on Tuesday after two support columns buckled.

NEW YORK — A Midtown Manhattan high-rise was evacuated Tuesday after construction workers discovered structural support problems, including discovered structural support problems, including buckling columns and falling debris,

The operation to stabilize 235 E. 42 St. is expected to last "into the night," officials said.

Nathan Berman, one of the developers of the Midtown building that suffered structural damage, predicted the project would restart within weeks. By Mihir Zaveri Housing reporter A developer behind the Midtown office conversion project that suffered ...

The buckling Midtown hi-rise dramatically evacuated over collapse fears Tuesday was cited multiple times last year for dangerous construction safety violations, The Post has learned. The city Department of Buildings slapped seven violations on the 38-story commercial building at 235 E.

Action News Jax has learned a long-awaited reopening for the Jacksonville Fire Museum that is supposed to be a downtown destination is on hold after engineers found major structural problems inside the historic building.

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