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I had a friend who lived in an SRO hotel around 86th and Broadway. It was a little drab, but the room was a good size and perfectly functional and her neighbors weren't scary. Better than being homeless, that's for sure.
ps. great article.
Last edited by Hannah5555; 09-27-2018 at 08:15 AM..
Real answer: Other uses of the real estate are much more profitable. Owners / developers have been trying to squeeze out the last few SRO hotels down on the Bowery for decades, even though they're highly protected.
Disgusting. I'd considering burning one down if it was built near me.
Get over it; not all SROs are heck holes. If the liberal/democrat/progressives that run NYC and Albany would stop insisting on shoving RS as the only sort of "affordable" housing the market would sort itself out.
Plenty of people who earn but perhaps don't pass the "40x" rule and or maybe have some credit issues thus cannot rent an apartment would welcome a "nice" SRO.
I had a friend who lived in an SRO hotel around 86th and Broadway. It was a little drab, but the room was a good size and perfectly functional and her neighbors weren't scary. Better than being homeless, that's for sure.
ps. great article.
There is a great African American book later play (and filmed at least once), called "Old Settler" that deals with the dynamics of two sisters, and a "roomer".
Term "old settler" is what people in certain northern AA communities called a woman past thirty or so with no prospects (a spinster).
As mentioned previously it raised eyebrows in *any* community white, colored or whatever when a single woman or even women took in male boarders/roomers/lodgers. More so if the woman was a widow with perhaps young (unmarried) daughters in the house. The situation is stuff of many novels, porn, off taste jokes, or whatever else as well.
Entire video is out there on PBS home video (who did the original broadcast), but otherwise only clips.
What "Old Settler" did well was capture the dynamics common to all roomer/boarder situations. Human nature being what it is you cannot interject "strangers" into a home without sooner or later something happening.
Back in the days when respectable women didn't go to bars, clubs or whatever, and certainly did *NOT* go around obviously looking to hook-up, their options for meeting men were few. More so if they were past their sell by date (older), and thus usually not many men (single or otherwise) would give them a second look.
However running a "rooming house" could give things an air of respectability, even if word got around certain proprietress were more accommodating than others.
Get over it; not all SROs are heck holes. If the liberal/democrat/progressives that run NYC and Albany would stop insisting on shoving RS as the only sort of "affordable" housing the market would sort itself out.
Plenty of people who earn but perhaps don't pass the "40x" rule and or maybe have some credit issues thus cannot rent an apartment would welcome a "nice" SRO.
An hour walk! That's like 4 miles minimum. That's far enough.
To be honest with you, I don't like walking around there, especially at night. It's actually one of the few places in the city my senses are kind of heightened.
I am specifically talking about Rockaway Beach Boulevard between Beach 110th and Beach 116th if you want to take a look on Google Street Views. In addition to the SROs, there's also a group home in the area. Take a look on the side blocks.
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