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Post by Lenny on Sept 6, 2007 18:42:59 GMT -5
Hey guys..................remember Co op City? I believe it was build on the former "Freedomland" site. Back in the 50's, these were luxury condo's to some people. My aunt and uncle lived there for many years.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2007 19:40:20 GMT -5
do you think its now a high rise ghetto
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Post by Lenny on Sept 6, 2007 19:44:52 GMT -5
Absolutely.......my aunt and uncle had to move out because of it.
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Post by charlieq on Sept 6, 2007 20:17:45 GMT -5
Co-Op City is also falling apart. A parking garage had to be closed then taken down. The original construction work was shabby. Due to be it being Mitchell Lama housing you could only sell it to people in the same income group as the original buyers...it was another rip off of the old Bronx residents.
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Post by Joan on Sept 7, 2007 6:34:53 GMT -5
They were beautiful condos. Know a few people who moved in and they have also moved out. Co-Op City has fallen apart too. What a shame!
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Post by marylou on Sept 7, 2007 8:51:52 GMT -5
I think Co-op City went up in the mid sixties. Took only forty years to turn it into the mess it is today. Too bad, they were really state-of-the-art fantastic when first built.
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Post by Preacher Mike on Sept 7, 2007 9:58:49 GMT -5
I was long gone before any of this.. Co-Op City ,Freedomland"  ? |
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Post by marylou on Sept 7, 2007 10:44:07 GMT -5
Speaking of Freedomland....my one and only trip there was in Aug. 1962. I was so excited because celebrities of that time often made appearances at an outdoor theater there and I was soooooo hoping it would be Bobby Rydell or Fabian. Anyway, turns out the featured act for that day was Xavier Cugat and Abbe Lane. I was 13 years old. Who cared about them? I was so disappointed. And when I got home my mother was crying because the news just broke that Marilyn Monroe was dead.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2007 16:17:37 GMT -5
WHEN CO-OP CITY WENT UP THE BRONX WENT DOWNHILL FAST.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED ON THE CONCOURSE FLED THERE AND THE GRAND CONCOURSE BECAME A 'GHETTO' EVENTUALLY.
I REMEMBER WHEN YOU COULD NEVER GET AN APARTMENT ON THE CONCOURSE, AS PEOPLE PASSED THE APTS TO THEIR CHILDREN OR RELATIVES.
WHEN I CAME BACK TO THE BRONX FROM WORKING IN HARLEM NARCOTICS SO LONG,
I WORKED IN THE 7TH DET. DISTRICT ROBBERY SQUAD, AND WE WORKED ON AN AWFUL LOT OF ROBBERYS.
THE MOST CAME FROM THE CONCOURSE PLAZA HOTEL AS IT BECAME A WELFARE HOTEL FROM THE GREAT HOTEL THAT IT WAS.
WE WENT TO A LOT OF WEDDINGS THERE BEFORE THE CHANGE.
THE YANKEES STAYED THERE IN THEM DAYS WHEN IT WAS STILL ELEGANT.
THE PLACE WAS LOADED WITH DRUG DEALERS AND PROSTITUTES.
THERE WAS A GOOD AMOUNT OF SHOOTINGS THERE AND ALL UP AND DOWN THE GRAND CONCOURSE.
WE MADE SO MANY ARRESTS THERE.
I SAW IT EVERY TOUR I WORKED.
JIMMY
DAMN COO-OP CITY.
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