Na ngwụcha narị afọ nke 19 na mmalite narị afọ nke 20, ọdịbendị ụlọ ọrụ nke New York bụ ebe bụ isi maka iwu ụlọ elu, ọ bụkwa naanị Chicago na kọntinent America. Otú ọ dị, e nwekwara mpaghara ebe obibi, dị ka ngalaba Bowling Green n'etiti Broadway na Osimiri Hudson, na n'etiti Vesey Street na Battery. A kọwara mpaghara Bowling Green dị ka "ogige azụ nke Wall Street" na ndị ogbenye, ọnụ ọgụgụ ụmụaka na-anwụ anwụ, na "ọnọdụ ụlọ kacha njọ n'obodo ahụ". N'ihi owuwu ahụ, na-ele New York City site n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ, mmadụ nwere ike ịhụ ụlọ abụọ dị iche iche nke ụlọ elu dị elu - mpaghara ego na aka ekpe, na mpaghara etiti obodo dị elu n'aka nri. Geology nke Manhattan dị mma maka ụlọ elu dị elu, nke nwere ntọala siri ike nke Manhattan na-enye ntọala siri ike maka ụlọ elu Skyscrapers. Otú ọ dị, e wuru ụlọ ọrụ dị elu n'akụkụ Wall Street n'oge Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ na nke Iri Abụọ, na iri isii na itoolu, na iri isii. Mgbe ahụ, a na-
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