This New York skyscraper had a 1-in-16 chance of collapse. Only one man knew

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Facebook Tweet Email Link Link Copied! On October 12, 1977, banking giant Citicorp opened the tallest new skyscraper in New York City since the early 1930s. From afar, the 915-foot tower’s distinctive sloped roof cut through the Midtown skyline like a scalpel. Close up, at ground level, its 59 floors appeared to levitate above a sunken public plaza, a generous architectural gesture to passersby. Citicorp Center’s design was not universally loved. But the scale and ambition of its engineering

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