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Engineer successfully executed untested jacking procedure to remove 21-in. lean from the 3,000-ton structure

Donors have pledged more than €1 billion to rebuild the cathedral despite no official plan or cost estimates in place.

Until last year, Cook County General Hospital sat vacant for 17 years. As redevelopment plans fizzled, graffiti from squatters began to turn up inside the 1.2-million-sq-ft building once known as Chicago’s Ellis Island.

It took a modern Trench cutting methods and Remixing Deep (TRD) machine to help excavate three 18th-century sailing ships at the Robinson Landing site on the Alexandria, Va. waterfront.

Robert Silman, known for repairing ailing structures, died July 31. The 83-year-old structural engineer succumbed to cancer—first diagnosed in 1984.

Los Angeles-based CIM Group and Chicago's Golub & Co. unveiled plans this week for the redevelopment of Chicago's neo-gothic Tribune Tower and the land surrounding it. A 1,422-ft-tall tower would rise adjacent to the 1923 landmark, according to the plan, and the soon-to-be-former home of the Chicago Tribune would be converted to 165 residential units and new retail shops.

The “Leaning Tower of Granby” had a noticeable 21-inch lean before the team used hydraulic-powered jacks to straighten the building.