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Manhattan building heights (Bill Rankin, 2006) (550 × 2233) (radicalcartography.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by lars@lemmy.sdf.org to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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[–] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Iirc this correlates to the bed rock distribution depth. I seem to recall a side by side at some point in my browsing over the years.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

To at least some extent for sure — and if you see Manhattan’s skyline from the east or the west, there are actually two skylines: one downtown and another in Midtown. There are very few tall buildings along 23rd Street.