San Francisco’s fourth largest skyscraper is sinking and tipping and residents are worried of impending disaster.
The 645-foot Millennium Tower started to have problems soon after its foundation was laid in 2006. It had sunk over 8 inches by the time building was complete, in 2009. The luxury skyscraper was one of the earliest to dot San Francisco’s financial district. At the time. Regulations were minimal, as the San Francisco administration was simply unaccustomed to such tall buildings. But early assumptions have come back to haunt the city and the building’s developers.
