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If they actually wanted to draw gentrification they'd use this place to house amenities attractive to the gentry. No one moves to a neighborhood because a hockey stadium is there. It's a well known fact of urban planning that these stadium centered urban renewal projects never work as touted. They draw suburbanites in a couple of days a week, and might support a couple of bars and restaurants next to the venue, and that's it.
IMO, the part of Kingsbridge that's more likely to get gentrified is the area around the 1 train that's down the hill from Riverdale. It's already a solid neighborhood, and at some point transplants in Inwood/Washington Heights are going to start wondering what comes next on the 1 train.
IMO, the part of Kingsbridge that's more likely to get gentrified is the area around the 1 train that's down the hill from Riverdale. It's already a solid neighborhood, and at some point transplants in Inwood/Washington Heights are going to start wondering what comes next on the 1 train.
Kingsbridge and Kingsbridge Heights are two different neighborhoods, and the ice arena is the old Kingsbridge Armory, and the demographic profile is different today than when they were originally both middle-class family neighborhoods. With all the development on Broadway as of late, new apartments in the area, etc., Kingsbridge has been a solid area that escaped much of the blight of Kingsbridge Heights. Recent investments by BJ's, large chains like Chipotle, Starbucks, etc. are continuing what Target started a few years ago on that corridor, which was never bad, just lacked modern, convenient amenities. Some of the older buildings may gentrify, depending upon stabilization factors, but new construction is at market rate, though some was built before the area could fully sustain the price point.
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Kingsbridge and Kingsbridge Heights are two different neighborhoods, and the ice arena is the old Kingsbridge Armory, and the demographic profile is different today than when they were originally both middle-class family neighborhoods. With all the development on Broadway as of late, new apartments in the area, etc., Kingsbridge has been a solid area that escaped much of the blight of Kingsbridge Heights. Recent investments by BJ's, large chains like Chipotle, Starbucks, etc. are continuing what Target started a few years ago on that corridor, which was never bad, just lacked modern, convenient amenities. Some of the older buildings may gentrify, depending upon stabilization factors, but new construction is at market rate, though some was built before the area could fully sustain the price point.
Remember the Reservoir? Many beautiful buildings had specials views of their own little lake. What is it like for the residents now ? When I was a kid that area was desireable for middle class workers like teachers and office workers. Lots of parks and the gym at Lehman College makes it desireable.
Kingsbridge Heights is east of The Deegan, up the hill basically, to Jerome, between Kingsbridge Road and Van Cortlandt. Van Cortlandt Village overlaps as a small area at the northern end between Kingsbridge and Kingsbridge Heights. South of Kingsbridge Road is University Heights, which also borders the ice arena project.
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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages.
~William Shakespeare (As You Like It Act II, Scene VII)
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