Because the building sank 8 inches, did the builder subsequently need to fix they entrance to the building? Does one step down into it from street level?
No. Besides some cracks in the sidewalk you can't tell that it has sunk. (I work across the street from the Millennium Tower).
Thanks. It must have pulled down the adjacent sidewalk with it, creating a more gradual slope then.
That was the conclusion the last time this story came up a month or so ago. They've also been continually re-pouring the sidewalk concrete so you can't see the cracks.
How does this not snap the pipes going in and out of the building?
Pipes have special joints for thermal expansion compensation.
It's about to, says the article.
The city has stated that water and sewage connections to the building might soon fail depending on how much more sinking there is.
So I was wondering this as well. Walking by the building I never noticed. Checking Google Maps Street View I also couldn't tell. So I'm curious how this works. It's sank a total of 16 inches; 8 of which happened after it was completed. So why does it not look funny? Am I thinking about this wrong?
The area just outside the building should have sunk down with it.