When Perry Chopra purchased the Ingalls Building last year, he announced plans to convert what was the world’s first reinforced concrete skyscraper into condominiums.

When the Ingalls Building was built in 1903, one reporter was so sure it would fall down that he stayed up all night to record its demise. He was wrong, and the 16-story building still stands at ...

A Cincinnati reporter stays up all night waiting for the 15-story Ingalls Building, the first reinforced-concrete sky­scraper, to collapse. It's still standing. The reporter isn't.