On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:02:54 -0500, "Charles Wm. Dimmick"
<cdimm
...@snet.net> wrote:
>On 2/7/2012 8:56 PM, Richard Casady wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 06:57:35 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
>> <wb8
...@panix.com> wrote:
>>> Those of us who were at AFU NYC a few eons back may recall
>>> Charles Dimmick telling us the reason why there were places
>>> without skyscrapers...
>>> I thought of that when I found
>>> <http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/450-million-years-ago-he...>
>>> discussing same.
>Richard, I think you forgot to add anything.
>But anyway, it's good to see you still around. Your name came up on
>another group just last week.
I didn't exactly forget: the SSSW [TM] got me again.
I remember you said the bedrock was Manhattan Schist. The short
buildings would be on, my guess, I don't recall what you said, mud and
sand. For a source of sediment, there is the Hudson river.
Casady