A transportation hub in Jamaica, Queens will receive $600,000 in federal money to expand sidewalks and pedestrian plazas, improve exits, streets signs and lighting and build retail stores for transit users.
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I wish Jamaica well. I remember when it was a middle-class community with lots of excellent shopping.
Flushing also deserves a transportation hub. You exit the 7 train at Main Street, and there are buses everywhere, but you have no idea where to find the bus you need.
Run down?! You should have seen downtown Jamaica 30 years ago before they tore down the El; and then 20 years ago when they built the new subway line. It is 1000 times better than it was. That said, it's a poor area patronized by poor people. It is what it is. If they "upscale" it anymore, you'll see outcry that developers are moving in. Can't have it both ways, folks.
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I wish Jamaica well. I remember when it was a middle-class community with lots of excellent shopping.
Does anyone know how this area got so run-down?
"Does anyone know how this area got so run-down?"
Neglect from the government and crack.
In a word, tweeding.
Flushing also deserves a transportation hub. You exit the 7 train at Main Street, and there are buses everywhere, but you have no idea where to find the bus you need.
Run down?! You should have seen downtown Jamaica 30 years ago before they tore down the El; and then 20 years ago when they built the new subway line. It is 1000 times better than it was. That said, it's a poor area patronized by poor people. It is what it is. If they "upscale" it anymore, you'll see outcry that developers are moving in. Can't have it both ways, folks.
Are you kidding? They just rezoned it to allow it to become gentrified. It's just the victim of piss poor timing with the recession happening.
Hello everyone. I'm going to be writing about housing and development issues in Jamaica for the next six months or so.
Check out the link below if you're interested, and be sure to send me information or comments you think are relevant.
http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/interactive2010/2009/09/18/disappearing-homes/
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