# Ep 249: An Almost Disaster - The Citigroup Center

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Podcast: [Doomed to Fail](https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687)
Published: 2026-06-09T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Let's talk about the almost-disaster of The Citigroup Center - 601 Lexington Ave in NYC. This building was built on a lot that wasn't empty when they got there, and they made an objectively weird deal with a church on the corner: they would build their building over the church's footprint. This caused the building to be built on stilts - everything SEEMED ok until some people did some math & the right people were finally alerted. A huge (secret) retrofit was undertaken before the building destroyed the neighborhood. Taylor continues to not be able to believe she worked on the 38th floor of a NYC building for years.

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