Comments on: Gossip Girl prowling about, Fallen Star Building RIP, Pioneers of LIC buy now

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:47:55 +0000

Sleepy industrial enclaves (with a bit of historic residential) are pleasant, though. Look at Red Hook, for instance.

Not sure that the end result of what LIC will be in 20 years is anywhere most of us here would want to (could afford to) live, or want to visit for that matter (about as appealing as Jersey City).

I don’t know if there’s a real answer… I think the tanking residential market and global economy will be the only thing that truly slows things down. Fun with capitalism.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:31:57 +0000

#4 – stop whining. It was a boring, drab neighborhood that is now coming to life. With its excellent geographic location and transportion options, it should be a dynamic residential neighborhood rather than a sleepy industrial enclave.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:04:20 +0000

Why is it so widely accepted in NYC that a neighborhood like Hunters Point must go through these kinds of disruptive changes? Hunters Point was an active, self-sustaining neighborhood for a very long time. Lots of different people lived, worked, shopped, schooled their kids, played, and hung out here for generations. Many of you might find this astounding, but no one much minded it being a “sleepy mostly industrial enclave.” In fact, that’s what drew people (including broke artists) to it. Today, it seems impossible for any NYC neighborhood to escape being discovered, which tends to means it’s radically changed to suit the needs of whining, pampered people from elsewhere obsessed with money and real estate.

By: liQ

liQ — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:48:39 +0000

Yeah, that opening statement is hilarious, and misinformed. I personally was very taken with the new pioneers. Bring on the wagons o’ pioneers. Discover what’s already been discovered, but discover it again!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:16:54 +0000

People without any even basic sociological/cultural/urbanism knowledge seem to write these articles.

Any comment on them.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:06:11 +0000

“WE know, we know. You’ve heard all about Long Island City. That it’s the next big thing, the next Williamsburg, the latest outer-borough outpost of the hipster set.”

Does anyone ever know WTF they are talking about, ever? No.

I love LIC. But it is not anywhere close to being anything like Williamsburg (other than the rapidly-coming future Williamsburg of upscale condoland and strollers… seriously, Bedford Ave is noticably changing in people and establishments). It’s never had anywhere near the same sort of critical population and cultural mass… for better or worse it is going to jump straight from sleepy mostly-industrial enclave to Yupluxeland without a lively, “hip”, young, happening, in-between phase, no matter how much most of us don’t want to see this.

People without any even basic sociological/cultural/urbanism knowledge seem to write these articles.