Harlem group to advise Park Ex
A group from Harlem is to advise Park Ex how to keep its head when a new university campus moves in next door. The area’s councillor has faith in the Régie du logement’s rent guidelines, which is kind of sweet, as everyone sees them broken all the time all over town. She also has high hopes of getting modest jobs in the new campus for her residents.
Shawn 10:33 on 2011/03/31 Permalink
… impacts renters/owners in Petit Patrie and that district west of the main in Little Italy, too. I’ll bet it’ll also put pressure on the remaining industrial spots on Bates Road, especially that little oil depot.
Kate 11:49 on 2011/03/31 Permalink
There are landlords in Park Ex who are just waiting for their moment to turf out all the poor immigrants, tear down the slums in which they’ve been living, and build shiny new profitable condos on their land. Don’t think it won’t happen. A few years ago I had a rich man in an expensive car once slow down and forbid me to take photos on his Park Ex street – I wasn’t trespassing, just doing sidewalk shots in a casual way. (He didn’t live there, but clearly he owned some of the buildings I was looking at; it seemed equally clear he took me either for a journalist or an inspector.)
Guys like that don’t respect individuals any more than sharks do. Going up against them naively gets you eaten.
qatzelok 14:05 on 2011/03/31 Permalink
A lot of the harm could probably be avoided by building inexpensive university residences as part of the program. The addition of a new demographic group might help make Park Ex even more interesting as long as the rent situation is mitigated.
Chris 21:49 on 2011/03/31 Permalink
Hope you took the photos anyway!
Kate 09:18 on 2011/04/01 Permalink
Yes, I did. I think though that the only reason he didn’t get out of the car and threaten me physically was that he had family members with him, and he might not have wanted his wife or kids to see him attack a woman.