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This New York skyscraper had a 1-in-16 chance of collapse. Only one man knew

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In 1977 Citicorp opened a 59 story tower in Manhattan. The building featured a unique structural design which allowed for a church in one corner of the lot.

Two architectural students noticed a flaw in the wind load calculations that could result in a sudden complete collapse.

Citicorp Center’s design was not universally loved. But the scale and ambition of its engineering were undeniable. In a review, the Times’ architecture critic Paul Goldberger concluded that the bank’s new office, despite lacking in originality, would “probably give more pleasure to more New Yorkers than any other high‐rise building of the decade.”

This prediction almost proved disastrously far from the truth. In fact, were it not for two college students who helped uncover a grave flaw in the building’s engineering, Citicorp Center might have killed thousands of New Yorkers.
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It’s only a matter of time until the Millennium Tower in San Francisco collapses and kills a bunch of people.
 
Even putting aside bad engineering, how long before the next big earthquake hits? Can’t even imagine the devastation.

If it hits California, I’m not confident this current administration is going to help them much. Donald Trump will probably just go there, tour the area, and tell them they should’ve just cleaned the underbrush a little better. The Evangelicals will tell them it happened because they had turned away from God.
 
Napoleon said:
It’s only a matter of time until the Millennium Tower in San Francisco collapses and kills a bunch of people.
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Is that the one that's leaning?
 
Allan said:
Is that the one that's leaning?
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Yep. They built it on sand and clay. Tried some years ago to fix it by driving new piles into bedrock but had to stop because it accelerated the sinking and now the center is sinking faster than the outsides.
 
Yet the chances of somebody thinking they're playing a vital role in Minority Report and thus able find fault with Trump is not a 1 in 16 chance, but a hundred percent
 
Logophile said:
Yet the chances of somebody thinking they're playing a vital role in Minority Report and thus able find fault with Trump is not a 1 in 16 chance, but a hundred percent
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Um, what?
 
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