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Old 10-20-2011, 12:31 PM
 
Location: Bronx, NY
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Hey just ran across these photos of my neighborhood. I say it covers most of the neighborhood.

23.) The Bronx: University Heights, Morris Heights - SkyscraperCity

For those who haven't ventured into the wild wild west.

I don't know why she took so many photos of private homes in Morris Heights while making University Heights look as dense and urban as possible.

What do you guys think? Looks rundown? nice? Opinions please.
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:49 PM
 
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It's a bit of a mish-mosh. Some parts remind me of Brooklyn (Homes in Morris Heights look like some of the streets around Prospect Park South and Lefforts Gardens) but the rest strikes me as a basic NYC street-scape. In terms of looking run-down, I think there is a lot of urban decay (definitely more so than most places in Manhattan), but no different than some sections of Brooklyn or Queens. There is an interesting mix of structures on any given block in the Bronx that you really don't see in other boroughs. In one of those photos, you see a small framed residential house, a tall residential tower, what looks like a NYCHA project, and a commercial strip.
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Old 10-20-2011, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Pelham Parkway,The Bronx
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Looks pretty good to me for what is supposed to be one of the worst areas in all of NYC !
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:02 PM
 
Location: Bronx
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Yo Supermario its really a mixbag. She took those pictures during winter. IF she took pictures during the summer, oh boy those photos wouold have had a thousand different words. Theres alot of nice homes along that sloppy hills towards sedgwick while further up is full of tenements. One of the photos you see a guy walking his pitbull and Garbage on the streets on burnside ave. I cant say rundown or nice, its a really a mixbag of happy and sad like many places in the Bronx.
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:08 PM
 
Location: Glendale NY
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This is what old school NYC looks like.
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Old 10-20-2011, 03:49 PM
 
Location: Bergen County, NJ
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Looks fine. Doesn't look rundown. Photographer was being kind. Could have made both nabes look much worse honestly...
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Old 10-20-2011, 06:47 PM
 
Location: Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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I can only imagine what it looks like on a warm, friday summer evening around 7-9pm as the sun is going down..
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Old 10-20-2011, 08:57 PM
 
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This area used to be so ****ty back in the 80's. Still is, just looks better!
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Old 10-20-2011, 09:42 PM
 
Location: Bronx, NY
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Thanks for the opinions.

Hey Mistertee, did you frequent the area back in the 80's?
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Old 10-21-2011, 10:17 AM
 
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Looks just like Flatbush with a lot of hills.
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