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Above, a visual look at the demand for tower cranes in Manhattan from 2006 through 2012. This most excellent graph comes courtesy of a PDF titled "Lower Manhattan Logistics" from LowerManhattan.info, and serves as a reminder that however crazy things are downtown right now, just wait until 2009.
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· Lower Manhattan Logistics [LowerManhattan.info, PDF]