NEW YORK (AP) — When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacua…

The streets around a midtown Manhattan high-rise where structural damage forced evacuations are gradually returning to life. Residents and hotel guests were allowed back into nearby buildings Wednesday. Workers meanwhile fashioned temporary fixes to shore up a massive development at the site of the former headquarters of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer. Mayor Zohran Mamdani confirmed there have been no additional movement in the building since it was deemed stable late Tuesday night. But four area buildings remain under full evacuation orders and some streets remained closed. Mamdani said the city will conduct a broader inquiry into what went wrong and what can be done to going forward.

An under-construction Manhattan high-rise at risk of collapse after columns buckled has been stabilized and some evacuations of nearby buildings have been lifted. The commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings says the building hasn't moved since they started monitoring it earlier Tuesday. The building is a former Pfizer headquarters and is being converted to luxury apartments. Nearby buildings, including a school, had been evacuated earlier Tuesday. Builders say the 37-story tower is part of the city’s largest office-to-residential conversion project, with over 1,600 planned units.