A 17-story office building in Midtown Manhattan was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a basement wall partially collapsed. Firefighters responded to the building on East 59th Street between Park ...

Gone is the face of Kevin McCarthy that once featured so prominently in the Longworth basement. In its place will be images of familiar Capitol scenery.

Developers will build the new office building on the site of Lansdowne Garage and Fenway Park’s storage facility, between the Cask N’ Flagon and the House of Blues.

In 2006, the hulking office building at 135 West 50th Street in Midtown Manhattan sold for $332 million. Tenants occupied nearly every floor; offices were in demand; real estate was booming.