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Old 01-22-2013, 03:27 AM
 
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No. Upper West Side in the 80s - 90s along Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.
That was black and Puerto Rican territory. W 84 between Columbus and Amsterdam (for example) called City's Worst Block (see NY Daily News 1961). Was black and Puerto Rican.
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Old 01-22-2013, 03:30 AM
 
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No. Upper West Side in the 80s - 90s along Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues.
The ironically named San Juan Hill. Poor white area in the 50's, high 60's to low 70's streets UWS.
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Old 01-22-2013, 07:46 PM
 
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The ironically named San Juan Hill. Poor white area in the 50's, high 60's to low 70's streets UWS.
No San Juan Hill was primarily African-American.

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Old 01-22-2013, 08:09 PM
 
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That was black and Puerto Rican territory. W 84 between Columbus and Amsterdam (for example) called City's Worst Block (see NY Daily News 1961). Was black and Puerto Rican.
Really. Worse than any block in Harlem? Sure
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Old 01-23-2013, 12:20 AM
 
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Actually, I remember seeing some census data from the early 20th century, and I don't think there were a lot of blacks there at that time. I believe it was something like 30% black, but relative to NYC overall (which was something like 6% black), it was a black neighborhood. Of course, I'd have to check again to be sure.
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Old 01-23-2013, 04:04 AM
 
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Really. Worse than any block in Harlem? Sure
That's what the Daily News said in 1961.
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Old 01-23-2013, 04:11 AM
 
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My apologies on that one. Thanks
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Old 01-23-2013, 04:19 AM
 
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Really. Worse than any block in Harlem? Sure
« The Upper West Side, Then and Now Commentary Magazine
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Old 01-24-2013, 09:02 PM
 
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Nobody got pushed out, they left on their own.
The crime wave was just a figment of our imaginations?
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Old 02-02-2013, 02:06 PM
 
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I'd say College Point is about 40 percent white 35 percent Chinese 25 percent Hispanic with a growing Chinese presence the past 10 years....the are where I would say a sizable number of working class people live is south of 14th Ave. and west of College Point Blvd. down to the water...
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