It was an ingenious, cutting edge design. And everything seemed ... vulnerable to quartering winds (winds that strike the building at its corners). Normally, buildings are strongest at their ...

Hotel and residential lobbies would be at the southeast corner of the building along Washington Street ... entire neighborhood block near the south edge of downtown with a new high-rise development.

"I almost got blown over the other day walking up past the building," a sales assistant working nearby said earlier this year, external. "When I got around the corner it was fine. I was scared to ...