Cracks in SF's Leaning Tower Are 'Breathtaking'

San Francisco's 58-story Millennium Tower has sunk 17 inches and tilted 14 inches to the northwest since building started in 2006, reports 60 Minutes

It's a well-publicized fact thanks to numerous lawsuits from residents, including Joe Montana. Yet it makes the latest sign of its flaws no less "breathtaking," per the San Francisco Chronicle. Footage aired Sunday on 60 Minutes shows numerous cracks in the skyscraper's basement, accompanied by stress gauges that measure their growth. 

Though Curbed notes the tower passed a review of its seismic integrity in July, "there's enough of them, a spiderweb of cracks, that you have [to] be concerned about what's going on underneath," says Jerry Dodson, an engineer and lawyer who owns a condo on the Millennium Tower's 42nd floor.

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