Posted Feb 27, 2012, 4:44 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Otisburgh
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Originally Posted by huggkruka
The Citigroup building in New York had a close call after its construction in the 70's - the builders had used improper materials or something like that, and the engineer discovered it. So, in secret, the entire supporting structure of the skyscraper was reworked, whilst hurricane season was just around the corner. A storm WAS actually headed for New York as the work was in progress, but changed its course. Check it out on wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citigro...crisis_of_1978
And this video is too crazy not to post, even though it's off topic:
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Amazing video. Made me feel queasy while eating my lunch. I walked around these buildings during my September 2010 visit to Tokyo.
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