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Okay, I haven't been in Bed Stuy for about 10 years. Just recently went there again albeit to the western part bordering Clinton Hill: Franklin Ave, Bedford Ave, etc.
It is really astonishing to me how much it has gentrified!
I literally see more white people than black people there.
And tons of juice bars, organic groceries, coffee shops, etc, etc.
I never saw a neighborhood gentrify so fast and so extensively.
Yes, the neighborhood is "nice", but must all neighborhoods in NYC look exactly the same and lose their distinctive characters?
I am just wondering how the locals feel about the huge transformation of their neighborhood.
Okay, I haven't been in Bed Stuy for about 10 years. Just recently went there again albeit to the western part bordering Clinton Hill: Franklin Ave, Bedford Ave, etc.
It is really astonishing to me how much it has gentrified!
I literally see more white people than black people there.
And tons of juice bars, organic groceries, coffee shops, etc, etc.
I never saw a neighborhood gentrify so fast and so extensively.
Yes, the neighborhood is "nice", but must all neighborhoods in NYC look exactly the same and lose their distinctive characters?
I am just wondering how the locals feel about the huge transformation of their neighborhood.
This was my point quite some time ago A lot of people on this forum jumping up and down about how bad certain neighborhoods are had not been in years, and insist on describing these neighborhoods the last time they were there which is often years, if not decades ago. By 2009 that part of Bedstuy had started to have a big influx of white people.
Gentrified yuppie neighborhoods do have a lot of sameness to them but what uniqueness or character did Bedstuy have before? Ghettos are also all the same.
Gentrified yuppie neighborhoods do have a lot of sameness to them but what uniqueness or character did Bedstuy have before? Ghettos are also all the same.
*LOL* Bed-stuy always had lots of brownstones. That alone makes it unique. Problem is a lot of them were run down.
maybe inside, but from the outside they were always pretty majestic, certainly infinitely nicer than the cheap siding of Greenpoint or the brick tenaments of the Bronx
The Dutch, German, and Irish immigrants who built all those Bed-Stuy houses put all their blood sweat and tears and their considerable craftsman & trade expertise which you can't find anymore
maybe inside, but from the outside they were always pretty majestic, certainly infinitely nicer than the cheap siding of Greenpoint or the brick tenaments of the Bronx
The Dutch, German, and Irish immigrants who built all those Bed-Stuy houses put all their blood sweat and tears and their considerable craftsman & trade expertise which you can't find anymore
Am in agreement. Now what's happening is, the outside is kept as is while the inside is gutted from top to bottom.
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