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Old 05-02-2020, 10:22 PM  
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I can only speak on the east side, majority of the tenements were abandoned. Realtors scooped them up and built them cheap ass slab buildings on the empty lots and let yuppies flood in. The projects are still the projects tho.

I like how it turned out honestly. It's a mix of everybody living together now, no matter the race or tax bracket. And it's safer than it's ever been. It backfired on the original gentrification plan, in a good way.

I didn't really deal with the west side (Clinton's side) too much. Can't speak too much about it other than I use to frequent the Allah school in mecca as a teen.
There's a garden store up there under the bridge, it has goats, chickens, etc, and garden supplies. It's around 115 and Park. When I shopped up there I knew things had changed. Funny how with all the massive wealth of Manhattan, it still doesn't penetrate the projects. The 63rd street projects right behind the Met, people will go the extra 10 blocks around at night.
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