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Originally Posted by NYer34
The UES east of Lexington is depressing.
The UES is where Classic NY goes to die. So many great old buildings, businesses, streetlife, local color ... and the city's zoning in the area just puts it all to the guillotine.
So you get block after block of block-sized mega-buildings. And like the urban development schemes of the '60s, they look like total a$$.
They're basically luxury housing projects. All the aesthetic appeal of the projects - just a bit let trash blowing around in the wind around them. Er, thanks, Gary "Slumlord" Barnett.
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It doesn't sound like you've ever been to this neighborhood.
The neighborhood, traditionally, was very quiet and dead, with dumpy buildings of no note.
All the present "streetlife and color" is due to those postwar towers, which give the eastern UES the highest density in North America.
And if these are "slums", then give me slums. There are $40 million apartments in this neighborhood. Not everyone wants to live in a 100 year old building with tiny windows and dated layouts.