NYC Gentrification Watch
In June 2018, I noticed–much to my crushing dismay–that developers had succeeded in buying out and destroying several old Italianate townhouses on New York Avenue off Church Avenue.
I don’t know the exact date of when these townhouses were built. NYCityMap dates them to 1910; however, it seems to me that the site dates any really old house of unknown origins to that year so as far as we know, they could’ve been built many years–if not decades–before.
Fast forward to July 2019. I was passing through the area and decided to go back to New York Avenue to see how the development was going. This is what I found:
Hey! What happened? Oh, someone refused to be bought out. No biggie. Let’s just build one part of the building on the lot of the first house that sold, skip over the house that didn’t sell, then continue onto the next two houses that did. That won’t look awkward at all!
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Sell, cash out and buy a mansion in Florida.
God, who let this happen?
Time to bring back tar and feathering
AND this is why your so called "greatest city in the world" is far removed from the phrase. It is a over-developed mess with no regard to infrastructure, overcrowding, trees, grass and any type of quality of life. NYC - a complete total shit Hole. Do you readers know this is a big country, which much better places to live with a better quality of life. Guess some of you don't get out much and think NYC is the epicenter of this country. But it is really an aberration.
The new houses are a far better improvement.
The old houses were nothing to write home about they all looked rundown - just like the one left standing. Sorry I don't think it's something to cry over. Maybe they are holding out and then the developer will be able to purchase.
It's not ideal but single family homes are dying. The price is too much to sustain with taxes etc. Some will hold out but sorry to say we can expect to see more of this.
> That won’t look awkward at all!
It looks very New York.
"NYC - a complete total shit Hole. Do you readers know this is a big country, which much better places to live with a better quality of life."
Yes but we have 24 hr food and divserity and a all "Blue" government !
New Yorkers need to understand that this is because of your elected officials taking donations from developers.
You always treat them like Gods because they hand out ice cream money so they always get a pass, and worse, any leadership in your community is on the take from them for their precious little project.
The solution is easy: grow a pair nitwits.
If they ever sell the building residents should pool together, buy it, and make it a parking lot!
How funny would it have been if every other house on the block was a hold out? Would they have built 3 skinny buildings each separated by one of those houses? I'd say so!
I don't get it the dam complaint. What's wrong with that. The new condo looks A LOT better than the crappy brownstone.
And who cares. Maybe the owner of the brownstone is smart and wait a few more years and then the price will increase a lot more because that's the only R6 zone in that place. supply and demand. Then he will sell it. It's the one who constantly complain about these who are ones not getting it and stupid and can't get things done. Money talks and city is dynamic. You want static, go to alabama dumbazz.
Perfect for a cop show, jump roof to roof
What kind of Fu-k up crap is this.
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