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New York is a great place, we should make more of it.
In the 20s, an engineer proposed an ambitious expansion of Gotham, the centerpiece of which was to be the filling in of the East River. In total, 50 square miles would've been added, assuming a population density of 20,000 per square mile, that's an extra million people.

You might think this is too much, but take a look at how much they added to Boston through reclamation

So how bout it?
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