New York's $1.4B Pencil Tower Has 1,893 Documented Cracks — The Developer Knew Before Anyone Moved I

Before the first resident signed a lease, before a single piece of furniture cleared the lobby, the engineering team for 111 West 57th Street had already catalogued 1,893 structural cracks in the building's concrete core. They put this in writing. They kept the document internal. And then they handed over the keys. This channel covers the architecture of financial failure — the deals that collapse under their own weight, the buildings that shouldn't exist, and the people who are still paying for both. If that interests you, subscribe now. Here is how we got here. #Misbuilt #EngineeringFailure #MegaprojectDisaster #SkyscraperFail #CostOverrun #BuildingDisaster #ConstructionFail #AmericanInfrastructure #MegaProjects #EngineeringDisaster