# What will eventually happen to the Millennium Tower in San Francisco? (Leaning NW at 3 inches/year) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777 "2022-01-14T12:45:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777/1 "2022-01-14T12:46:00Z")
According to this [NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/leaning-san-francisco-skyscraper-tilting-3-inches-year-engineers-rush-rcna11389?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR2zdPG5XPXD3EdB8DZU9KuM-5gqnnHp7c0GFdLOisBIaXPibsQ04O8g2Bc) 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? ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777/2 "2022-01-14T13:26:05Z")
This video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ph9O9yJoeZY/maxresdefault.jpg "What Really Happened at the Millennium Tower?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph9O9yJoeZY) Has all you want to know about it, I believe. I think they’ve found another solution. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777/3 "2022-01-16T05:21:19Z")
> [@](#): > > **What will eventually happen to the Millennium Tower in San Francisco?** After 500 years or so, it will be a world-famous tourist attraction. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2022, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777/4 "2022-01-16T05:39:00Z")
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. > **[Millennium Tower (San Francisco)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Tower_(San_Francisco))** > > 301 Mission Street is a high-rise residential building in the South of Market district of downtown San Francisco. A mixed-use, primarily residential high rise, it is the tallest residential building and the 6th-tallest overall in San Francisco. In May 2016, residents were informed the main tower was both sinking and tilting, resulting in several lawsuits concerning repair costs and whether the tilt had been withheld from buyers. The building is being modified in an effort Opened to residents on... ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777/5 "2024-02-25T05:07:21Z")
> **[SF's Millennium Tower now may be sinking in the center](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/series/millennium-tower/san-francisco-millennium-tower-foundation-sinking/3460782/)** > > The engineer of the so-called fix of the troubled Millennium Tower in San Francisco recently acknowledged there’s been less than expected tilt improvement over the first six months of the $120 million project’s completion. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777/6 "2024-02-26T19:54:36Z")
[I believe the film Idiocracy has the solution](https://tessere.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/distopia.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-eventually-happen-to-the-millennium-tower-in-san-francisco-leaning-nw-at-3-inches-year/957777/7 "2024-02-27T16:02:37Z")
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?