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Old Posted May 31, 2009, 9:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Nowhereman1280 View Post
However, unless he had a really clever foundation engineered, there is no way this could have been built, would have sunk 120' into the muck in a matter of months if it didn't fall over first...
Couldn't he just have excavated 40 feet to get to hardpan, and laid the first course there? The problem Jenney and Sullivan had with the Manhattan and the Auditorium was that there were other buildings adjacent. Not a problem in a big park.
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