&quot;Therein, he posited his belief in a correlation between bedrock and big buildings, and like the Empire State Building&quot; - What a weird sentence. Like a skyscraper being built successfully is some random event that can be used to indicate bedrock. Are measurements of the bedrock really that hard to come by?<p>p.s. How old is the quote at the end lol? &quot;traipsing through ... Soho to get to work? That land was cheap, but the location was worthless&quot;<p>[Some](<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;personal-finance&#x2F;092515&#x2F;most-expensive-neighborhoods-manhattan.asp" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investopedia.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;personal-finance&#x2F;092515...</a>) would say soho is the most expensive neighborhood now