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[narrator] Upon completion

Engineering Catastrophes

Upon completion, this high tech tower was the tallestpurely residential building in the...

Engineering Catastrophes • S06E10 • 2018

[narrator] Upon completion, this high tech tower was the tallest
purely residential building in the western hemisphere. [Stefanos Chen]
You had not only
the best views in this city for a period in time, but also some of
the highest prices in New York City. There's currently
the penthouse apartment listed for
169 million dollars, which works out
to something like
$20,000 a square foot, which would totally
break the record
currently in this city. However, soon after
residents moved in it appeared
that all was not well
with the luxury lifestyle. Stefanos Chen broke the news. We first heard about the story
from a resident who had reached out
with some complaints about construction defects
in the building

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[narrator] Upon completion,

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this high tech tower

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was the tallest purely residential building

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in the western hemisphere.

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[Stefanos Chen] You had not only the best views in this city

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for a period in time,

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but also some of the highest prices

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in New York City.

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There's currently the penthouse apartment

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listed for 169 million dollars,

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which works out to something like $20,000 a square foot,

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which would totally break the record currently in this city.

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However, soon after residents moved in

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it appeared that all was not well with the luxury lifestyle.

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Stefanos Chen broke the news.

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We first heard about the story from a resident

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who had reached out with some complaints

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about construction defects in the building.

Duration

41 seconds

Views

14

Timestamp in Movie

00:28:04

Uploaded

Oct 28, 2025

Season

6

Episode

10

Genres

Production

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.