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Manhattan Building’s Buckled Columns Probably Lacked Required Reinforcements

Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Buildings (Structures)

Topics: missing, appeared, reviewing, engineers, plates, steel, additional, called, columns, Times, obtained, Drawings, Reinforcements, Required, Lacked, Probably, Columns, Buckled, Building’s, Manhattan

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/nyregion/manhattan-building-collapse-nyc-drawings.html