Hmm… I’m not that sure it’s really the foundations… maybe the developers were really cheap and hired El Mystico and Janet…
You could put electromagnets under the floor and a slug of iron in the end of each domino, so they’d “want” to stand up until you cut the power.
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Okay. I’ll rest easy now. /s
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I recommend magic.
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Bay area fixed that for you.
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Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard
Live in San Francisco once, but leave before it falls down on you
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Did you read the article? It’s disrupting their golf practice.
I came looking for that one. Python fans must be getting older and slower, reply number 45 
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When engineering goes bad: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge
I can’t recall something like this ever happening to a skyscraper, however; I wonder if an earthquake at just the right resonant frequency might have an impact.
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There’s been at least one close call. 601 Lexington in NYC (once known as Citicorp Center; I’m not sure what the name is now, maybe Citigroup Center?) had a disastrous design flaw that was discovered by an architecture student. They repaired it before the building could come down. Damn Interesting article about it here.
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Ohhh yeah; I remember that one. The engineers had calculated for winds that blew against the flat sides of the building, but not across a corner. They had to add structural welds (eta: NOT bracing) to reinforce against that.
*I don’t know why I remember stuff like that, call it a weakness.
Bugs Bunny:
Aren’t you ashamed of yourself, roastin’ children!
Witch Hazel:
Call it a weakness.
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Oh i totally need to find some documentary-type show that probably includes the construction of this building and how they amazingly engineered it in such a modern way to account for the geology and earthquakes.
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They are just holding it wrong.
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How much tilt before the elevators scrape on their shafts?
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What you need here is a very large garden stake and a good long length of twine.
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thank god we have a dutch angle photo to show us how severely this tower is leaning
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