Structural Issues and Cracks Plague Luxury Tower at 432 Park Avenue
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Summary
The article investigates structural issues at 432 Park Avenue, a luxury supertall residential tower on Manhattan's Billionaires' Row. The building, completed just a few years ago, is experiencing significant problems including cracks in its distinctive white concrete facade, water infiltration, and other structural concerns. The piece examines how design choices by a superstar team of architects and developers - particularly the insistence on an all-white concrete facade - may have contributed to these issues, raising questions about responsibility and building quality in ultra-luxury real estate developments.
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But only a few years after the 102-floor apartment tower near 57th Street was completed, water began seeping through cracks in the facade
A superstar team of architects and developers insisted on an all-white concrete facade. It could explain some of the building's problems
The building's distinctive white concrete facade has become a source of concern rather than admiration
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