Gothamist: The Changing Face of East Harlem

george mcgovern

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 20:39:49 -0500

neither the article or any of the comments remotely contain "bleeding heart liberal" ideas, so who are you yelling at Bob Loblaw?

Bob Loblaw

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 13:20:44 -0500

I'm with #4. You f*ckin bleeding heart liberals with your gentrification selfishness. Piss off. you're never ahppy about anything; the area if an area is becoming safer or better economically, yoiu bitch about big brother etc. you only piss and moan for you own selfish reasons of "my rent's too high, oh no, rich people suck" boo hoo—cry me a f•*cking river. It's called change and progression. every neighborhood has gone through about 3-6 changes in the last 150 years. rwad some f*ckin history.

ocean

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 09:02:42 -0500

not to mention that east harlem used to be the real little italy. http://www.mibarrio.org/italian_harlem.htm

Vanessa

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:53:49 -0500

Little Italy is a haven for tourists, but few Italian immigrants still live there. I'm not sure marketing Spanish Harlem as a mecca of Spanish speaking cultures would help it escape gentrification.

nick

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:26:48 -0500

here's my question: it seems that 99 cent stores are in clusters around the city and outer boroughs. retail rent cant be cheap anywhere, so how do 5 seperate 99 cent stores all stay open on the same block? how does ONE 99 cent store stay open?

Joe

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:03:28 -0500

For better or worse, East Harlem has a long way to go before it's akin to the Village. A few modern condo buildings doesn't negate the fact that the area is still full of derelect buildings, the majority of retail consists of 99-cent stores and fried food joints, and the sidewalks are quite dirty. I could see the area becoming the next Lower East Side however...

don quixote

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:23:26 -0500

Interesting how articles on gentrification never mention its history, it's always focusing on the here and now. Who cares about the African-Americans who were forced out by the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans? And the farmers before that who were forced to sell by rising property values? Who really has a greater right to live there?

Kojak

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:55:40 -0500

It’s just a matter of time until all the East Harlem will be no different from the Upper East Side. I'll even go as far as to predict that all of Harlem in a decade or so will turn into something akin to the Village. Prices for property in Harlem are already extremely high, and new condos are being built or in the works every year. They’ve almost completed a 20 story condo on 110th Street and Lennox, Central Park North. It’s less than a block away from a jail and prices are starting at 1.5 Million already.

Dave H.

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:51:28 -0500

I think the Museum of the City of New York on 103rd & 5th Ave. does a nice job of reaching out to its East Harlem neighbors. Anyone who claims "I'm a neighbor" at the door has their admission fee waived.

nick

Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:42:11 -0500

how many stories can be written on gentrification? yawn.