The Design Flaw That Almost Wiped Out an NYC Skyscraper

Annotation by Deane Barker

In 1978, a young architecture student found a design flaw in a one-year-old NYC skyscraper which meant the building could collapse in a specific wind. Thankfully, the architect who designed the building listened.

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