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New York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing Crisis

A New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply.

Β© The New York Times

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Unstable Manhattan Building Had More Damaged Columns Than Previously Known

Drawings obtained by The New York Times and reviewed by engineers show insufficient reinforcements on eight more steel columns than previously known at a Manhattan building.

Β© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

More columns at the former Pfizer building had missing or insufficient reinforcement plates than was previously known.
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