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It's been amazing to watch up close. I won't bombard the thread too much, but here's another corner of that same neighborhood just across the other side of Florida Avenue.
And that last tiny triangular parking lot on the corner behind the food truck is already planned for a "Flatiron" shaped residential building once the surrounding construction is finished to complete this corner's transformation. Most amazing to me is this only takes us back 2007. The whole 30 year transformation city wide has certainly been breathtaking.
Pretty darn remarkable! Just incredible neighborhood building in a dense way.
Here are a couple from Long Island City, Queens. Another neighborhood that has gone from vacant lot/warehouse/sketch/under-utilization, to vibrant, luxury, dense neighborhood in a matter of 10-15 years:
Pretty darn remarkable! Just incredible neighborhood building in a dense way.
Here are a couple from Long Island City, Queens. Another neighborhood that has gone from vacant lot/warehouse/sketch/under-utilization, to vibrant, luxury, dense neighborhood in a matter of 10-15 years:
There are many other shots of Long Island City, Queens.
People who visit there usually have "jaw on the floor drop" syndrome-comparing from before and after. It's incredible the change.
Wild! And of course there's the Citibank Tower for all to see as that was the only thing within a walkable radius 15 years ago where people could eat or just hang out at a normal, safe looking place indoors. It stood out like a sore thumb for so long until the "new" LIC came around and high rises galore.
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Pretty darn remarkable! Just incredible neighborhood building in a dense way.
Here are a couple from Long Island City, Queens. Another neighborhood that has gone from vacant lot/warehouse/sketch/under-utilization, to vibrant, luxury, dense neighborhood in a matter of 10-15 years:
There are many other shots of Long Island City, Queens.
People who visit there usually have "jaw on the floor drop" syndrome-comparing from before and after. It's incredible the change.
Yep that's insane. LIC has formed like a 4th or maybe 5th legitimate skyline for NYC with Lower Manhattan, Midtown, DT Brooklyn, LIC, (and JC if one wanted to include across the Hudson). One can only imagine if the Amazon Hq2 split had stayed there in LIC, how much crazier it would get. But as I see there's plenty of redevelopment happening.
Wild! And of course there's the Citibank Tower for all to see as that was the only thing within a walkable radius 15 years ago where people could eat or just hang out at a normal, safe looking place indoors. It stood out like a sore thumb for so long until the "new" LIC came around and high rises galore.
Right! The Citibank tower stood there on its own for a good 15-20 years in Long Island City. Now it can sometimes be difficult to find it amongst the skyscrapers.
Yep that's insane. LIC has formed like a 4th or maybe 5th legitimate skyline for NYC with Lower Manhattan, Midtown, DT Brooklyn, LIC, (and JC if one wanted to include across the Hudson). One can only imagine if the Amazon Hq2 split had stayed there in LIC, how much crazier it would get. But as I see there's plenty of redevelopment happening.
Yeah, exactly. Long Island City's skyline rivals many city skylines of metros with 2-3 million + in the US.
It's come a long way and today could match Denver's, Detroit's, and arguably, even Boston's.
Richmond has definitely come along way since 1992 when the city was one of the most dangerous in the country. At the time, a lot of the neighborhoods in the city were pretty emptied out in appearance. Large areas have been redeveloped and even a few new neighborhoods have popped up in that time. A lot of the changed areas I can't find recent street views for and 2007 seems to be as far back as I can go but even with that the change is easy to see.
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Some would argue that Atlanta hasn't changed at all since 1992 except for more traffic since they haven't added any new freeways since the 400 extension and haven't expanded the MARTA rail since 2000. Anyhow, I remember Atlanta in 1992 when we were preparing for the Olympics four years later, Maynard Jackson was the mayor, the Hartsfield airport had only concourses A-D (and the now named "Plane Train" still had the robotic voice), the Braves (with Dave Justice, Steve Avery, Otis Nixon, Terry Pendleton, et. al) still played in Fulton County Stadium, the Georgia Dome just opened, the native group TLC released their debut album, Atlantic Station was nothing but a steel mill, the crime rates were much higher and most areas were gritty and not places to go at night.
That said overall it's better in 2022, but it's heading in the wrong direction toward the old days of the early 90's though not there yet. There was a thread in the Atlanta forum comparing the city in 2012 vs. 2022, and in that one I thought it was better in 2012, though even more better in 2017-2019 and then when the pandemic happened was when it started going downhill. I also liked the Atlanta of 2002, and everything between.
While there is some validity to that statement, I have never encountered a single person that has lived in Atlanta from that time to now that would ever say this city hasn't changed significantly in the last 30 years. If you took someone from 1992 and dropped them anywhere in the city and they would be highly confused, especially once they learn the Braves moved to Cobb county. LOL
Richmond has definitely come along way since 1992 when the city was one of the most dangerous in the country. At the time, a lot of the neighborhoods in the city were pretty emptied out in appearance. Large areas have been redeveloped and even a few new neighborhoods have popped up in that time. A lot of the changed areas I can't find recent street views for and 2007 seems to be as far back as I can go but even with that the change is easy to see.
Scott's Addition definitely wasn't a thing until the mid-10s, maybe 2012 at the earliest. That was just the greater Diamond area...
Watching all of these areas transform into what they are now, knowing what they used to look like, is astounding. I wish people could see what Church Hill, Carver, The Ward looked like back in the 90s. You wouldn't even be sure you're in the same place...
Pretty darn remarkable! Just incredible neighborhood building in a dense way.
Here are a couple from Long Island City, Queens. Another neighborhood that has gone from vacant lot/warehouse/sketch/under-utilization, to vibrant, luxury, dense neighborhood in a matter of 10-15 years:
There are many other shots of Long Island City, Queens.
People who visit there usually have "jaw on the floor drop" syndrome-comparing from before and after. It's incredible the change.
I opened the 2007 Street View and said to myself, "You can already see the shape of things to ccome in this view where you had no clue in Union Market."
Then I opened the 2022 Street View and discovered I was wrong about that. That's as incredible a transformation as Union Market, though it does look like Union Market's happened faster.
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