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Old Posted Sep 23, 2009, 4:59 AM
PhillyVegan PhillyVegan is offline
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I think the space between the new WTC and the Empire state building will be non-stop skyscrapers. Central park will also get a lot of shade from the residential towers that will likely surround it.
I'm not a geology expert, but I think the reason that there aren't a lot of large towers in that area between lower and midtown Manhattan is because the hard bedrock dips below the surface quite a bit in that area, and the ground would not support such large structures easily.
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