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With the sheer quantity of activities that go on at any given minute in Manhattan, it’s hard to imagine any sort of construction taking place without getting a massive headache and moving on to another topic of contemplation.When the developers at Brookfield Properties faced the challenge of planting a trio of Skidmore, Owings & Merill-designed towers above an open-air rail yard with nearly a dozen active train tracks in Manhattan’s west side, they probably suffered a migraine.