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People who are worried about turning San Francisco into Manhattan also don't know what Manhattan is even like! The Upper West & Upper East Side as well as Harle
by ryanworl 8y ago
People who are worried about turning San Francisco into Manhattan also don't know what Manhattan is even like! The Upper West & Upper East Side as well as Harlem do not look anything like e.g. the Financial District. Even within Manhattan there is a huge variety of building heights.
I used to live in Yorkville in a six story building in an area filled with other six story (and smaller) buildings. We had a nice park with a public pool, multiple schools with kids running around in the afternoons, and some people even owned cars. It was an actual community, not some caricature of what people think living in Manhattan is like.
- rcpt 8y agoJohn Jay park is so nice. I miss being able to take the kids there anytime of day and have tons of friends to play with. Here on the West Coast the playgrounds are all dry, hot, boring, and empty.
- mcguire 8y agoOut of curiosity, how much is rent per square foot?
- ryanworl 8y agoI shared a ~650 sq ft 2bd/1br. It was $2650. That was probably below median for the area by a little.
- humanrebar 8y agoBy more than a little. The Q line helped Yorkville catch up to the rest of the UES, rent-wise.
- dionidium 8y agoEven Hell's Kitchen, where I live, is still primarily composed of 5- and 6-story walk-ups.