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Gates Ave Re: Housing Projects Re: Jane Jacobs Re: Cross Manhattan expressway

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jul 25 14:32:28 2007, in response to Re: Housing Projects Re: Jane Jacobs Re: Cross Manhattan expressway, posted by BrooklynBus on Wed Jul 25 11:25:08 2007.

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Even the streets they are on are depressing. I rode up Gates Ave back from Downtown Brooklyn this morning, through Bedford-Stuyvesant, and wow, is it beautiful along Gates with all the old buildings begining to be fixed up....but this is all south of about Bedford Ave.....once you cross Bedford Ave, it begins to change, and you begin to drive through the projects (on Gates anyway). Granted, they are not the tall, huge ones we always think of, they are only about 4 stories or 5 stories high, but wow, what depressing 1950's and 60's construction. Everything was so utilitarian back then. It's a stark contrast to all the old stuff south of Bedford Ave. And it's not that it seems like a bad neighborhood, it really didn't...I didn't feel unsafe....but wow, how depressing, almost on par to having to live in a prison some of those depressing project builkdings are.....


Anyway, I took photos on my way up Gates Ave....but after Bedford, it was too depressing....again, even if not "bad", just blah.... just utilitarian projects, with no trees.... Here's some of the South of Bedford Ave photos....

Gates Ave and Washington:


Gates Ave and Franklin:


Gates Ave and Waverly:


A beautiful old brownstone on Gates Ave near Bedford:

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