SEAPORT, Manhattan (PIX11) — New Yorkers are looking up at skyscrapers under construction more than ever after an old Pfizer building buckled and led to evacuations throughout Midtown, Manhattan on Tuesday.
In the historic Seaport district, a 600-foot leaning skyscraper where a construction worker fell to his death has sat unfinished for six years, and it could stay that way for a while longer.
What was supposed to be a luxury residential tower, dubbed the Seaport Residences at 161 Maiden Lane, now exists as an unfinished project with no known future.
Development of the “first all-glass residential tower in the Seaport” began in 2014 by the Forits Property Group. It was expected to stand 670-feet tall with pools, a spa, a gym, lounge chairs, a children’s playroom and more…