Once envisioned as the pinnacle of Manhattan’s luxury condo boom, 432 Park Ave. was supposed to rise above it all.

At nearly 1,400 feet, its stark white concrete grid and minimalist silhouette were marketed as architectural purity incarnate. Today, a decade after its debut, the tower’s pristine image has fractured — literally.

The building now finds itself under intense scrutiny from engineers, litigators and brokers alike. As for residents, that’s a different story. 14

“Chunks of concrete will fall off, and windows will start loosening up,” structural engineer Steve Bongiorno told the New York Times . “You can’t take the elevators, mechanical systems start to fail, pipe joints start to break and you get water leaks all over the place. The building just becomes uninhabitable.”

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