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Originally Posted by PhillyVegan
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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Skyscrapers exist in every neighbourhood of Manhattan; they are not restricted by this alleged geologic impediment. Lower Manhattan is built much taller because it is the origin of the city [the most established commercial district in the city] and Midtown is built much taller because both majour train stations exist there, making commercial space there more valuable. The lack of skyscrapers between Midtown and Downtown has very little to do with bedrock depth.