Oh come on. You're going to claim that because I used the phrase 1/2 of
Manhattan, you're going to take that so literally that 2000+ properties is
insignificant?? You're just being obviously obtuse to what? provoke an
argument? Why don't you for once respond in the spirit of the discussion.

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"Dave" wrote in message
...
Hate to burst your little bubble, Jon, but there are more than 4,000
buildings in Manhattan. (4,000 is of course the magic number required to
make your statement true.)

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:04:44 -0700, "Capt. JG"
said:

Do you deny that they own huge chunks of the city? They're one of the
major
landowners, have been for a long time.

One of the many, many articles that give you a number for their vast
holdings...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...C0A9669582 60

"Besides the Roman Catholic Church, which owns 2,000 buildings in New York
City..."

But, of course, you don't believe the NY Times, right?