Emergency measures to stabilize a Midtown Manhattan high-rise seem to be holding Wednesday, after the under-construction building’s structural columns buckled Tuesday.
The large renovation venture at 219-235 E. forty second Street — a conversion of the former Pfizer headquarters into about 1,600 residences — was scrutinized Tuesday as building staff had to be safely evacuated after the building started swaying. Damage to structural columns at the twenty first ground is seen to the bare eye. Several close by buildings had been additionally evacuated as a precaution.
Here’s what we all know occurred Tuesday to this high-profile venture in a metropolis that’s in desperate need of further housing as rents and dwelling costs soar.
The picture on the left, captured March 11, 2025, exhibits the building earlier than building, and the picture on the proper, captured April 7, 2026, exhibits the building throughout building because it was being transformed into residences.
