How one design flaw almost toppled a skyscraper - Alex Gendler
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Dig into the unique engineering of New York City s Citicorp Center tower, and the design flaw that threatened to topple it.
In 1978, Diane Hartley was writing her undergraduate architecture thesis when she made a shocking discovery.
After weeks of poring over the Citicorp Center s building plans, she d stumbled on an oversight that threatened to topple the 59-story tower into one of New York City s most densely populated districts. Alex Gendler digs into the skyscraper s potentially deadly mistake.
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