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Offline JK resident

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How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« on: July 15, 2018, 07:10:20 AM »
If you fast foward to the 4:00 min mark you see a picture of 74th Street and see the very same buildings that are present now. Except for new storefronts of different businesses you see how little 74th Street has changed since the 1960’s. No boom in construction here and you wonder how long these one story buildings next to a major subway stop can last. It could be that almost the entire block being owned by Midwood who has blocked a merchants association and doesn’t want to invest in the neighborhood has a lot to do with it. No new housing here folks.
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2018, 08:31:19 AM »
Quote from: JK resident on July 15, 2018, 07:10:20 AM
If you fast foward to the 4:00 min mark you see a picture of 74th Street and see the very same buildings that are present now. Except for new storefronts of different businesses you see how little 74th Street has changed since the 1960’s. No boom in construction here and you wonder how long these one story buildings next to a major subway stop can last. It could be that almost the entire block being owned by Midwood who has blocked a merchants association and doesn’t want to invest in the neighborhood has a lot to do with it. No new housing here folks.

http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2018/07/a-glimpse-of-queens-in-1960s.html

Sorry, forgot the link
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2018, 10:29:33 AM »
Thanks for this.

What's truly astonishing is how little all of Queens has changed since the 1960's (apart from businesses and demographics)...

Many other places around the Western world are unrecognizable compared to the 1960's.

Maybe only LIC (and perhaps now Flushing) has really been developed.

Fascinating...

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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #3 on: July 17, 2018, 01:07:07 AM »
Man the comment section on that page is trash for the most part... do love the video though!
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #4 on: July 17, 2018, 07:21:27 AM »
People want the NYC before “white flight” to the suburbs of the 1970’s back. This resulted in the bankrupting of NYC. With those cars and no traffic on the highways people bought in Long Island and saved on taxes. Now NYC has become the place to be and people are fleeing the high property taxes of Long Island which thanks to the President are no longer deducted from income taxes. Ironic really.
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #5 on: July 17, 2018, 11:17:48 AM »
Quote from: JK resident on July 17, 2018, 07:21:27 AM
People want the NYC before “white flight” to the suburbs of the 1970’s back. This resulted in the bankrupting of NYC. With those cars and no traffic on the highways people bought in Long Island and saved on taxes. Now NYC has become the place to be and people are fleeing the high property taxes of Long Island which thanks to the President are no longer deducted from income taxes. Ironic really.
Quote from: hfm on July 17, 2018, 01:07:07 AM
Man the comment section on that page is trash for the most part... do love the video though!

The comments I read had less to do with tax burden than racism, pure and simple.
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2018, 11:33:26 AM »
Yeah, queenscrap comments is a cesspool of racists with a capital-R.

Look at ANY article there and see....

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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2018, 12:08:14 PM »
if they ever do a gofundme, they'll probably offer tiki torch premiums.

then again, Queens has always been a place where some of the populace would consider Archie Bunker a libtard for letting two-strike minority Sammy Davis Jr. in his home.
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2018, 01:25:24 PM »
The Governor is pushing hard to protect mostly white wealthy suburbs. Who pays more 10k property tax? The property tax system produces segregated communities. 

https://nypost.com/2018/07/17/states-to-file-lawsuit-to-retain-local-and-state-tax-write-offs/?utm_campaign=iosapp&utm_source=pasteboard_app
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2018, 06:25:35 PM »
JKResident what's your handle on queenscrap?
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Re: How very little Jackson Heights has changed!
« Reply #10 on: July 18, 2018, 08:26:17 AM »
Hey, I like the old time color photos. They are hard to find and come from an era that predates my memories of JH. I ignore the comments section. Those old 1960’s cars lined up on 74th Street are cool to look at.
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