South Bronx Legionnaires' Cluster Declared, Cooling Towers Tested

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• Health09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  NYC Declares Upper East Side Legionnaires' Outbreak Over

  Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York, USANYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

  

  Starts 07/31/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins78% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 78%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 5 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better61 days agoNYC^[1][5] Health press release dated 31 July 2026 declaring the cluster's exposure ended; counts (92 cases, 7 deaths) are as stated that day.

  On 31 July 2026 NYC's Health Department declared the Upper East Side Legionnaires' cluster over, with 92 confirmed cases, 79 hospitalizations and 7 deaths, after 83 buildings cleaned their cooling towers.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  The Brooklyn Tower Finally Receives Its Certificate of Occupancy

  9 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NYJDS Development Group

  

  Starts 04/25/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "the building did not receive a permanent Certificate of Occupancy until April 25, 2025."

  The Brooklyn Tower at 9 DeKalb Avenue, the borough's first supertall skyscraper, received its certificate of occupancy, issued as an extension of its temporary permit, years after residents began moving in.

  $750M

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Citicorp Center's Secret Structural Fix Wraps Up

  601 Lexington Avenue, Manhattan, New York, NYCiticorp

  

  Starts 10/31/1978ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence47.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "Repairs were completed in October 1978."

  Engineers quietly finished weeks of overnight welding that fixed a hidden wind-bracing flaw in Manhattan's Citicorp Center, averting a possible collapse.

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• Health09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Mass General's Ragon Building Opens Its First Tower to Patients

  Cambridge Street at Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114, United StatesMass General Brigham

  

  Starts 01/01/2028DELAYEDDate confidence: DELAYEDThe date has movedHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all DELAYED pins12 months late40% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 40%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 49% confidence or belowin 1.3 yearsMass General Brigham's^[1] own page still describes "initial first side of the building opening in 2027", a year earlier than current reporting.

  The first of two connected towers in Mass General's Cambridge Street expansion takes its first patients, bringing 450 beds and 12 levels of operating, procedural and interventional space for the Corrigan Minehan Heart Center and the Mass General Cancer Center. Turner topped out the steel in February 2025; the second tower is not due until 2030.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  American Copper Buildings Complete on Manhattan's East River

  Kips Bay, Manhattan, New York, NYJDS Development Group

  

  Starts 12/31/2018ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins63% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 63%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidence7.7 years agoDated to the end of 2018 because the sources give only a period: the east tower opened "late 2018", completing the pair (the west tower opened in April 2017). The skybridge itself was installed from January 2016.^[1]

  Developer JDS Development Group and architects SHoP completed the American Copper Buildings on Manhattan's East River in 2018, two leaning towers joined by a three-storey glass skybridge.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  220 Central Park South Completes on Billionaires' Row

  220 Central Park South, Manhattan, New York, USAVornado Realty Trust

  

  Starts 12/31/2019CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better6.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "220 Central Park South was completed in 2019," with first residents moving in during 2018.

  220 Central Park South, a limestone-clad tower on Manhattan's Billionaires' Row, completed as one of the most profitable condo buildings ever built, breaking from the glass-tower norm.

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• Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  South Station Tower Is Completed Above Boston's Rail Terminal

  700 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA 02110, United StatesHines

  

  Starts 09/01/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins90% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 90%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.1 years agoThe article states plainly that "Construction was completed in September 2025", giving the month but not the day.^[1]

  Hines finished the 51-storey, 677-foot tower built on air rights over South Station, adding 680,000 square feet of offices, Ritz-Carlton branded residences on the upper floors and an expanded bus terminal beneath it. Construction ran five years from a start in January 2020, after the scheme had sat stalled since its 2008 approval.

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• Infrastructure09/30/2026@ThePinGang

  Racks Central RCJM1 AI Campus Phase 1 Ready for Service

  Iskandar Halal Park, Pasir Gudang, Johor, MalaysiaRacks Central

  

  Starts 03/31/2027ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins69% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 69%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 182 daysEstimated: the company says RCJM1 is "targeted for ready-for-service in Q1 2027", a quarter rather than a day, so the pin sits on the quarter's last day.^[1]

  Racks Central's 70 MW RCJM1 facility at its Pasir Gudang, Johor AI factory campus, already fully committed, is targeted for ready-for-service in Q1 2027.

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• Architecture09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Construction Begins on The Delmore, Surfside Collapse Site

  8777 Collins Avenue, Surfside, Florida, United StatesDAMAC International

  

  Starts 02/26/2025CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins88% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 88%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better1.6 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: DAMAC International "unveils The Delmore... and commences construction" at the Surfside site.

  DAMAC International broke ground on The Delmore, a Zaha Hadid Architects-designed condo tower replacing the collapsed Champlain Towers South, with far fewer, far pricier units than before.

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• Disaster09/24/2026@ClimateDesk

  LA County Fire Finds Edison Tower Arcing Caused the Eaton Fire

  Los Angeles County Fire Department Headquarters, 1320 North Eastern Avenue, East Los Angeles, CA 90063Los Angeles County Fire Department

  

  Starts 08/04/2026CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins91% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 91%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better57 days agoThe LACoFD release dated August 4, 2026 says 'Today, the County of Los Angeles Fire Department (LACoFD) is releasing initial and supplemental investigative reports'.^[1]

  After an 18-month investigation with CAL FIRE, LA County Fire concluded that electrical arcing on an out-of-service Southern California Edison tower in Eaton Canyon dropped molten metal that started the Eaton Fire.

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• Architecture09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  262 Fifth Avenue Rises Over the Empire State Building's Sightlines

  262 Fifth Avenue, NoMad, Manhattan, New YorkFive Points Development

  

  Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins66% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 66%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 92 daysGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per archdaily.com^[3]: Meganom "is nearing completion" of the tower as of December 2025, with delivery expected in 2026.

  Five Points Development's slender 262 Fifth Avenue condo tower topped out in Manhattan's NoMad district in 2024 and is on track to open in 2026, drawing criticism for blocking classic views of the nearby Empire State Building.

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• Sports09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  The 76ers and Flyers' New South Philadelphia Arena Opens

  South Philadelphia Sports Complex, 3601 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19148Comcast Spectacor

  

  Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATEDDate confidence: ESTIMATEDA target, not a fixed dateHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all ESTIMATED pins50% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 50%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins from 50% to 74% confidencein 4.3 yearsThe teams' own announcement gives a year rather than a day: the arena is "Scheduled to open in 2030" on "the historic Spectrum grounds in South Philadelphia", so it sits at the end of that year.^[1]

  A privately funded arena on the old Spectrum grounds in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex, shared by the 76ers, the Flyers and the city's incoming WNBA team, replacing Xfinity Mobile Arena next door. Construction is expected to start in early 2027 and take about three years.

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