When it was built in 1977, Citicorp Center (later renamed Citigroup Center, now called 601 Lexington) was, at 59 stories, the seventh-tallest building in the world.

LeMessurier and his team worked with the Citicorp higher-up to coordinate emergency repairs on the building. With the help of the NYPD, they worked out an evacuation plan spanning a 10 block radius.

While he was one of the world's great structural engineers, LeMessurier also understood that the Citicorp tower mistake and repair would be his legacy as much or more than the buildings he designed.

Citigroup, the financial firm that prides itself on "universal banking," is seeing its universe shrink in more ways than one. There have been more than 50,000 layoffs, the sale of several ...

2002-08-27 04:00:00 PDT New York-- Since Sept. 11, the owners of signature skyscrapers have been trying to find ways to calm jittery tenants and make the buildings more durable if catastrophe ...

Bank analysts offered downbeat assessments on Thursday of the timeline Citigroup Inc laid out this week for lifting profits and some said the risk of losses in Russia could reduce its stock ...

The Citigroup Building at One Court Square in Long Island City sold for a reported $500 million today. A preferred equity investment that was arranged by Cushman & Wakefield was provided by a group ...