Depth to Bedrock and the Formation of the Manhattan Skyline, 1890-1915
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Fordham University
刊物名称：
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC HISTORY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0022-0507
DOI：
10.1017/S0022050711002245
发表日期：
2011
页码：
1060-1077
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摘要：
New York City historiography holds that Manhattan developed two business centers-downtown and midtown because the bedrock is close to the surface at these locations, with a bedrock valley in between. This article is the first effort to measure the effect of depth to bedrock on construction costs and the location of skyscrapers. We find that while depth to bedrock had a modest effect on costs (up to 7 percent), it had relatively little influence on the location of skyscrapers.