Streets around the Midtown tower are reopening and evacuees are being allowed to return after emergency crews stabilized buckled support columns and installed shoring.Inspectors found mangled support columns on the 21st floor during the office-to-residential conversion of Pfizer's former headquarters, and the developer MetroLoft acknowledged that added weight from planned top-floor expansion likely contributed to the damage.Hundreds were displaced by a rapid evacuation that forced hotel guests and residents to abandon belongings, nearby buildings and businesses remain closed, and the
Department of Buildings has launched a full investigation before non-emergency work resumes.