Iincopho zamawele. (UJason Barr) Phakathi kwezizathu ezenza ukuba iNew York ibe nezona ndawo zintle ehlabathini — cinga ukuba ingxelo ayisiyongcamango nje kuphela — ayizizo nje izakhiwo ezikwisakhiwo esikwisiqithi saseManhattan nje kuphela kodwa ikwalulungelelwaniso olungaqhelekanga. Njengoluhlu olukhulu lweentaba, isixeko similiselwe ngeenxa zonke kwiincopho zeDowntown naseMidtown.
Mhlawumbi isibheno nguFreudian.
Kudala kukholelwa ukuba abantu baseNew York bangambulela uThixo ngokudibana kwabo ngokungaqhelekanga kwezakhiwo (okanye, kwabo base-Upper West Side bengakholelwa kwimisebenzi yakhe elungileyo, i-eons yophuhliso lwejoloji). Kuyavela ukuba iManhattan inesiseko esifanelekileyo ngokungaqhelekanga kulwakhiwo lwezakhiwo ezide kakhulu, kwiimeko ezininzi ziimitha ezimbalwa ngaphezulu komhlaba. Kodwa loo mhlaba uqinileyo uyehla phakathi kwindawo yesiqithi esiqithi, ixesha elide linciphisa ubude bezakhiwo esixekweni.
Okanye ke ii-aphocraphists bezidlula amashumi eminyaka, ubuncinci ukusukela oko u-Christopher J. Schuberth wakhupha iseminal yakhe I-Geology yeSixeko saseNew York kunye ne-Environs Ngo-1968. Apho, wabeka inkolelo yakhe kulungelelwaniso phakathi kwesiseko kunye nezakhiwo ezinkulu, kwaye njenge-Empire State Building, iye yama uvavanyo lwexesha. Kodwa njengodonga olubi lokugcina, konke kwawa kwinyanga ephelileyo.
Wonke umntu ujonge oku ngasemva, UJason Barr , Uprofesa wezoqoqosho eRutgers Umjongi kudliwanondlebe ngomnxeba. Ayisiyongxaki yokubonelela, apho ungakha khona. Ngumba wemfuno, okanye apho ufuna ukwakha. 
Indawo yeManhattan skyscraper, ngo-1890-1915.
UMnu Barr, kunye noogxa bakhe ababini baseFordham, bapapasha isifundo ngoDisemba inkupho ka Ijenali yeMbali yezoQoqosho debunking oko akubiza ngokuba yintsomi. Usebenzisa iisampulu ezisisiseko ezili-173 ezisuka kwibhetri ukuya eCentral Park South, Mnu. Barr, UTroy Tassier kwaye URossen Trendafilov Bakwazi ukubonisa ukuba kwakungekho nxu lumano phakathi kobunzulu besiseko kunye nethuba lokwakhiwa kwezakhiwo eziphezulu-kwimeko yokufunda kwabo, isakhiwo esikumabali angama-18 nangaphezulu, esaside ngexesha apho izithili zeshishini phakathi ko-1890 no-1915.
Oko kwafunyanwa ngoochwephesha kukuba ezinye zezona zakhiwo zide zomhla wabo zazakhiwe malunga neHolo yesiXeko, apho isiseko sifikelela kwezona zixeko zinzulu esixekweni, malunga neemitha ezingama-45 ezantsi, phakathi kwalapho kunye neCanal Street, ngelo xesha isiseko esiqala ukuphakama kwakhona ngaku embindini wesiqithi. Ewe, uJoseph Pullitzer wakha irekhodi lakhe lokuseta i-New York World Building, i-colossus engama-349, e-99 Park Row, kufutshane ne-nadir, njengoko no-Frank Woolworth kwiminyaka elishumi kamva.
Ngokufunda idatha yokwakha yembali, abaphandi bakwazile ukufumanisa ukuba ngokugqithileyo, esona siseko sinzulu sinokongeza kwiindleko zesakhiwo malunga neepesenti ezisi-7, kwaye ngenxa yoko azinakuhoywa xa kufikwa kuqoqosho lokwakha. Xa kuthelekiswa neendleko zomhlaba eManhattan, eso sixa sincinci, utshilo uMnu Barr. 
Ukubakho kweendawo ezinesakhiwo esiphakamileyo.
Umnumzana Barr uqingqe into encinci njenge skyscraper yezoqoqosho, efunda imiba enje ngezoqoqosho ezimisele ukuphakama kwesakhiwo esiphakamileyo eManhattan-zihlala zikhulu kunokuba kufanele ukuba zibe njalo- nokuba ingaba ezona zakhiwo zide ehlabathini zingasetyenziselwa ukuqikelela intlekele yezoqoqosho ezayo. Ezi zinto zihlala zakhiwa, emva koko abantu baye kufuna ingxaki, Mnu. Barr.
Ukukhula eLong Island ngeminyaka yoo-1970, umnumzana Barr wathi wayehlala esoyika isixeko esikhulu, kodwa emva kokuba eqale ukuxhoma apha ngeempelaveki, ehla evela eCornell esiya kutyelela umhlobo wakhe e-Columbia, wathandana. Okwangoku, wakhubeka kubukhethe bakhe ngendlela uninzi loogxa bakhe abenza ngayo. Njengengcali yezoqoqosho, uqeqeshelwe ukufuna iiseti zedatha ezingaqhelekanga, utshilo uMnu Barr. Akukho mntu wumbi wayesenza le nto, ke ndaye ndagqiba kwelokuba ndenze njalo.
Ke kutheni ukufuduka kweMidtown? Njengabaqolomba abalandela i-mammoth ngaphesheya kwe-Bering Strait, abaphuhlisi bokuqala babelandela ixhoba labo. Ngubani ohamba emantla? UMnu Barr uthe. Zizityebi kunye nodidi oluphakathi. Ukuba ungumthengisi weinshurensi, ngaba uyafuna ukutyhutyha ematyotyombeni amaNqaku amaHlanu okanye kwimizi-mveliso yaseSoho ukuze uye emsebenzini? Lo mhlaba wawunexabiso eliphantsi, kodwa loo ndawo yayingenaxabiso.
