GraphMania: Charting Construction in Downtown Manhattan

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Awesome. And along those lines, here's my hand-made graph of "Places where you can buy a quart of milk south of Fulton Street":

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wow, someone over there sure is good at Tetris.

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Be careful - I think you just accidentally released the design for the next McSam...

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Honestly, seeing a graph like this pulls me a litlle closer over to Jim Cramer's side and bearish outlook on Manhattan real estate..

Cramer says "Just walk away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7e9H4zTqk4

Can anyone say Glut?

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did anyone even look at the chart before commenting? along with the freedom tower and 3-4 other freedom area towers (goldman sach and other office towers), there is the javits, hudson and atlantic yards on the chart,,, even the 2nd Ave subway... so this is a chart of overall construction demand and not lower manhattan persay. So what glut are you talking about #5? an office space glut? with buildings at 100% occupancy in most of midtown, if anything its relief. This chart really doesnt show residential where if there is a glut it would be there.
The glut of condos would be in williamsburg area, not so much manhattan...

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#5, i think you meant #4 in referencing the glut. and also you're assuming curbed readers can actually look at and understand a chart.

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anyone who says there will be a glut knows nada about this city. there are more people who would like to live in new york, than we have space for.

get a clue. do you think you're the only person who wants to live here?

even if bloomberg's prediction of a million more people in the next 20 years is off, i bet it's pretty darn close.

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A LOT of the demand is being driven by the WTC buildings. Does this mean we have the terrorists to thank for jobs and growth? 2009/10 looks like an anomaly due to the special circumstances of that giant project.