CUNY Dorm Proposal is PASSED by CB2 – Long Island Student City lives

Not bad!

“Grad students and hipsters on the way. LIC further diversifies…”

Sorry, had to take a minute to get my breath back from guffawing so hard. In a borough which may well be the most diverse place on Earth, a borough that has a subway line (the 7) named as a National Millenium Trail because of the many types of neighborhoods it winds through (it was nominated for the honor by a former program director of the QCA)–are grad students and hipsters really considered the vanguard of diversification? Or, as the evidence points to, is “Manhattan East” becoming as white and homogenized as New York County itself?

The difference between 7 stories and 13 stories is a lot–from my view, anyway. I sure hope I’m getting something positive in my neighborhood for that. Well, I guess any arts council, on the up and up or not, is better than just more condos…

Pretty sweet for the CUNY students who get assigned to that dorm.

ccny gets in the real estate biz. Using whose money? It’s too transparent to be that impressive, but it is a pause-giver to see education in the hands of jackals

#10 I don’t think the color of ones skin is an issue here, although you’d have to be knowledgeable enough to understand why someone would associate it. “White” individuals usually have a socioeconomic upper hand due to some lamentably off balance situations in human history.

I believe it is the class of people, the money they have. If you design a neighborhood to only contain high income folk a monotonic vibe arises. This goes against the very fiber of NYC energy that has obviously been on the decline, I’d say for the past 8 or 9 years.

While NYC has always had its richer areas you would find there all types of price ranges even in the midst of well known ultra posh condo, brownstone, loft areas… These choices are disappearing in our great city and those, that provide and create the life and energy New York City is known for are separating. There is something ridiculous happening when a person cant live in the city he or she works or studies in. Artists, students, all our hard working new yorkers that make this city truly progressive.

I welcome the CUNY building as I feel it will give a dose of reality back to this area. Any person aware of university lifestyle knows of its dynamic and usually does good things for a neighborhood. My only worry would be the cleanliness of the area due to the increased traffic. Hopefully the developments LEED certification will carry over to students so they can help keep LIC sexy.

Another plus to this will be a certain green advantage as this should lessen student commutes (esp for those that study and work in the city) knocking some cars out of rush hour. I must also say it was a nice surprise to see the LEED Gold, a green standard should be set for all new construction and development in NYC. We need to start setting more green living examples to reflect the advanced nature of NY and its people.