He Built This City
AM New York’s piece this morning assessing Mike Bloomberg’s legacy is one of the first of many, many articles that are sure to come as the mayor enters the twilight of his term. The article positions Mayor Mike as a great post-9/11 rebuilder who’s played a big role in luring tourists, spurring development and making…
AM New York’s piece this morning assessing Mike Bloomberg’s legacy is one of the first of many, many articles that are sure to come as the mayor enters the twilight of his term. The article positions Mayor Mike as a great post-9/11 rebuilder who’s played a big role in luring tourists, spurring development and making formerly undesirable neighborhoods hot. “Places like Red Hook that were once a no-man’s land are hipster havens, and Brooklyn is now a center for culture and art for the whole country,” says Mitchell Moss, a professor of history at New York University and adviser to the mayor’s first campaign. “Whoever thought people would want to live on the Gowanus.” The article notes that the Bloomberg administration’s aggressive rezoning agenda (“one out of every six square feet in the city” has been rezoned) and drive to incentivize development on NYC’s waterfront has altered the lay of the land, and New York has much more of a “luxury” sheen than it did six years ago. The cost of all this is high, according to critics who say the city has become too expensive for the working- and middle-class and resulted in inorganic changes. “There has been a pinching of people’s sense of place, and a destruction of community identity,” says Brad Lander, director of the Pratt Center for Community Development. “They have accelerated the transformation of this place from a manufacturing city to a condo and office tower city, but a lot of people don’t feel invested in that growth.”
Bloomberg Reshapes City, Despite High-Profile Setbacks [AM New York]
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I think Lander’s been pinched a bit too hard between the ears. His liberal mumbo jumbo days are heading to an abrupt end. Once he trots out folks like ACORN as the redeemers of society I’m sure he’ll have his head handed to him. Affordable housing is a myth. It isn’t affordable, and doesn’t produce housing. It’s a way for elected officials to steer money to their developer friends who put money into real estate taxes which makes the prices go even higher. Then, when the market hiccups they start investing in St. Louis where they can get a deal – the City loses out on the real estate taxes – the local economy tanks – fear breeds crime – the affluent leave – and the roaches and liberals take over the streets once more. Get out your pointy boots and be ready to stomp on Lander. Follow him and his idealism and we’ll all be in a roach motel for sure.
i want to add that you are a loser.
that’s all.
gross??? sounds like a 6 year old girl
funny how all the other multiple posts are still up there but mine isn’t
want to add something to the topic????
daveinbedstuy- I didnt read the book but if you are referring to crime statistics – the crime decreases in NYC were far more pronounced then any demographic, economical or social changes (that naysayers have used to say that the Admin doesnt effect crime rates). Secondly NYC crime reduction at various periods in the past 15years actually went against national trends where crime was rising.
Point of all this – NYC has been ‘different’ then the U.S. as a whole and other comparable large cities, which lends significant support that the NYPD is actually doing something that is reducing crime and it is not just a statical, demographical, economical or other such factor.
i don’t need anyone to tell me, dave.
i saw your comment posted three times in a row with my own two eyes.
and then two of them were mysteriously gone 5 minutes later.
you need to shut up. have you noticed that no one really cares what you have to think because you are such a know it all?
it’s really gross.
wow 2:49 that was really funny. we’re glad you’re here to add that.
did Mr. B tell you that??? i can’t see anything up above that i posted 3 times
how long did it take you to think of that comment??
Any of you read ‘Freakonomics” by Stephen Levitt? Those of a more liberal democrat persuasion will bash me on this one but all of economics is based on theory…there are no laws. These theories explain a lot of what went on not only in NYC but across the country and may actually lessen some of the blame put on Koch, Beam, Lindsay and Dinkins and, at the same time, lessen some of the credit due Guiliani and Bloomberg for their accomplishments.
That said I’m a big Bloomberg fan (and a user of the Bloomberg service I must admit)
um…you posted yours 3 times, Dave and then asked bstoner to delete the other two.
idiot.
I’m truly hurt by that 2:18. Better not engage in name calling. You’ll lose that battle. I’m sure I know more words than you.
I did notice you learned how to post without hitting the send button three times. Good for you. Step by step and you’ll graduate from the kiddies table soon.