According to this NBC article, it’s now about 26 inches off center and gaining 3 inches each year. The original attempt to stop the movement seemed to speed up the tilting and had to be stopped last summer.
Has this ever happened to a building of this size before?
This video:
Has all you want to know about it, I believe. I think they’ve found another solution.
After 500 years or so, it will be a world-famous tourist attraction.
This little extract from Wikipedia is rather disturbing …
In early September 2018, residents reported hearing various “creaking sounds”. At around 2:30 a.m. on the morning of Saturday, September 8, 2018, residents reported hearing a loud “popping sound”. On Sunday, the following day, a resident located in a corner unit on the 36th floor discovered a cracked window. The glass used in the building’s windows and facade is rated to withstand hurricane force winds, leading to concern that the crack was a symptom of a much larger structural failure.
Rather eerily reminiscent of the collapse of Champlain Towers South last year, although engineers have reportedly deemed the Millennium Tower safe, at least for now.
It’s clear that no one has a clue as to how to really fix this at a reasonable cost. The only solution is to tear it down. The sooner the better.
Then the question becomes what to do with the land?
