Offworld
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Who's the architectural team, and can we do a GoFundMe to buy them proper rendering software and newer computers. That rendering looks like the software died when Windows 3.1 was king of the hill.
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archited
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I imagine he was referring to the massive ignoble housing projects that have been built in past years in the Bronx
buildings
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^ thought it was a crude attempt to characterize this project as one that will create a ghetto.. Harlem is one of my favourite neighbourhoods in Manhattan; chock full of young families and a truly vibrant place.
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Out of Towner
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Glad that you like it. You should move your family there when it's finished.
constance_chlore
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I would very happily move to Harlem if I could afford it, and if the US weren't a mess right now. I would be thrilled if this developer were creating buildings on the level of Harlem's built environment. (They are, to be clear, not.)
IanO
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Bingo. Folks seem to have a very 70/80s perception of Harlem that is very different from today.
archited
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^ I think that it was a clumsy comment -- but it probably was aimed at the proliferation of tenement housing that for a long while defined the Bronx and remnants of which are still there today. Former President Bill Clinton was at the leading edge of the resurgence of Harlem at the turn of the Century shining a spotlight on Black Soul Culture and at the same time making it hip to celebrate and support racial diversity. About the same time I had a client with offices and a food factory in the Bronx -- Golden Krust (https://goldenkrust.com) -- the owners took us on a daytime/nightime tour of Harlem and other areas in the Bronx showing the rapid growth of new businesses in the area. We worked on a plan for expansion for this company -- excellent Jamaican food -- pulled Pork; jerk Chicken (Yum). I should check in with them to see if their expansion plans have matured enough to include Canadian outlets.
Out of Towner
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Nice place to visit but I wouldn't want to live there. Same with the Bronx. Sounds like archited knows his way around there and would save you some cash if you happened to pop over to one of the sports bars near Yankee Stadium. The bar tenders there know their clientele and they set their own prices. If you give them a $20 for a pint, they don't ask if you'd like the change. They just keep it.
David A
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I was briefly there years ago and hear it is much different now. It is nice to see central areas revitalize and have some older buildings fixed up rather than torn down.