NYC high-rise ‘collapse zone’ leaves guests and locals scrambling for hotel rooms as street closures continue ^13.1%

The Independent - By Isabel Keane, Rachel Dobkin - 7/8/2026, 3:48 AM

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A midtown Manhattan building was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after steel beams started “bending like cigarettes,” as one expert put it, leaving tourists and locals scrambling for hotel rooms to spend the night. After first responders determined the building was unstable, they started evacuations while “establishing a collapse zone,” Fire... more