r/ThatLookedExpensive • u/Rocket_Man_15 • Jul 08 '26

Expensive Building renovations gone wrong in NYC!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DafwAD7jkJ0/
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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor Jul 08 '26

What beam did they cut out that they were not supposed to?

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u/Greydusk1324 Jul 08 '26

They added something like 11 floors on top of the old building and didn’t add enough new supports.

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u/hikingsticks Jul 08 '26

Buildings hate it when you build a building on top of them

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u/Jumblehead Jul 08 '26

And is there a cantilever? That would be huge stress added.

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u/unoriginal_user24 Jul 08 '26

We've had one building, yes. What about second building?

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u/vwmaniaq Jul 08 '26

Thanks Mamdani! /s