Manhattan "sinking" under the weight of all those skyscrapers

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Here’s a comparison between the movie’s map and reality:


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If anything, the statue should be further inland, but all things considered it’s pretty consistent with what’s depicted in the movie.

(Aside, I’m no geologist, but I’d expect a lot more land movement with all the new rocky upthrusts that seem to have come out of nowhere.)

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I’m now picturing a statue of Dock Ellis and I don’t hate it.

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“Manhattan’s sinking like a rock, into the filthy Hudson what a shock. They wrote a book about it, they said it was like ancient Rome” - Lou Reed “Romeo Had Juliette”

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i once wanted to talk about Ellesmere Island and called it Ellis Island. Boy were the people confused.

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oh you can try, you can try…

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