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Most likely the building gets stabilized and then anyone involved gets embroiled in lawsuits and it stays standing half finished for years. One Seaport is a fam
by Anon1096 3mo ago
Most likely the building gets stabilized and then anyone involved gets embroiled in lawsuits and it stays standing half finished for years. One Seaport is a famous recent example of an under construction skyscraper getting halted for structural issues. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/161_Maiden_Lane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/161_Maiden_Lane
- dlcarrier 3mo agoThey have something like that in San Francisco (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/301_Mission_Street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/301_Mission_Street) but they key to finishing it is to not tell anyone it's crooked until after you've sold all of the units.
- IAmBroom 3mo agoAs flatpandas[0] points out, this might in fact be the best possible practical outcome. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820971