From LIQCity:While the Long Island City focus has always been on the Queens West waterfront and Hunters Point, Dutch Kills – loosely defined as the area just north of Queens Plaza, heading up towards Astoria – has been quietly gentrifying itself into a frenzy. Not only have two new hotels gone up a block or two from each other on Crescent St (Country Inn & Suites and the Ramada), but lots are being ripped up, developments are starting and stopping and starting again, and towering buildings are settling into quiet blocks lined with family houses. Sigh.
Dutch Kills began its recent transformation after some crafty developers took advantage of the city dragging their feet (for, um, three years) when it came to rezoning the neighborhood to allow for medium-density residential development.
Yeah, we noticed.
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Well, it seems like SOMEONE is doing a great job running the community.
Upzone! Upzone! Upzone!
Astoria, you are next.
Astoria, you are next.
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So What? We are interested in starting a taco crawl and debating gay rights, thank you!
None of us will be around in 5 years and even the old timers are selling out.
Astoria has already been destroyed. That's 150 year's worth of history lying in ruins under those unrented, ugly buildings.
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