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[deleted] t1_izxb3tz wrote

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GoHuskies1984 t1_izxbxi5 wrote

Watch how many 5 over 1 sized luxury apartment projects will pop up near each station.

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Daddy_Macron t1_izxl2z7 wrote

> Watch how many 5 over 1 sized luxury apartment projects will pop up near each station.

Good. The areas around Metro stations should be built the fuck up. And those new residents will be shopping and eating in those local communities.

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George4Mayor86 t1_izxr4au wrote

Dense housing near transit is good actually.

Should be much taller than six stories but it’s a start.

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welton92 t1_j00lk3o wrote

Six stories gets into high rise territory as defined by DOB and comes with additional fee to develop for egress and fire compliance. With limited footprints available it just doesn’t present itself as feasible in many cases.

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SolutionRelative4586 t1_izxfc3h wrote

Not a single one unless you mean "luxury" (known in the rest of the world a "building" because it doesn't have sloping floors, has an elevator and was built after World War I).

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self-assembled t1_izxrgji wrote

The backlash for "luxury" apartment buildings is misguided. They're basically cheap cookie-cutter buildings. ALL off the shelf residential units are billed as "luxury" and are mostly meeting modern standards for HVAC, etc. Rent will normalize, and even if new buildings are more expensive (because they're more convenient for most), surrounding buildings will actually see a drop in rent. It's been shown. And we need more housing.

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honest86 t1_izxyqi7 wrote

If they don't pop upa lot of people will be displaced, and if they do pop up hopefully they are actually big enough to absorb the increased demand for housing in the neighborhoods.

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actualtext t1_izy1kyb wrote

At least by Parkchester and Co-op City there are already a bunch of big apartment buildings. Mostly condos by Parkchester and largely co-ops in Co-op City.

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ChrisFromLongIsland t1_izxsl6m wrote

This has been planned for like 10 years. If anything the Bronx in general has got worse in the past 10 years on average.

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OhGoodOhMan t1_izyalzk wrote

This would have broken ground a long time ago, if East Side Access weren't 13 years late and $8B over budget.

PSA requires the track capacity at Penn that ESA frees up, and the state/MTA only has so much budget to play with.

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popartist t1_j01nvzz wrote

They've been talking about this since my family and I lived in the part of Co-op City near the tracks...that would be 50 years now!

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bsanchey t1_izxcm9r wrote

Absolutely correct. All these years of those areas being working class they let’s them over pack the 6 train.

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