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Big and Hasidic GhettoRiffic!!!.
NOTE: For anyone who is too dumb to figure it out, this page is merely a bit of construction documentation
and observation. It is by no means meant to be anti-hasid or anti jew for that matter. For what it's worth, I'd say
half the people that we explore with are jewish. Should that matter? No. Anyone spreading rumors is just a playa hating
little bitch spending too much time online and not enough time actually doing something at least mildly interesting to
the rest of the world. That said, Read on:
NYC is home to an ever increasingly
large hasidic community. From a casual observers view, this is a very
atypical population. Why do they all dress the same? have the same
hair styles, etc? While we won't go into a long sociological rant
here, we will describe the physical evidence: a once blighted urban
neighborhood that has been settled by an increasingly large hasidic
population. Where there were once old lots and burned out buildings,
the hasids have swarmed, taking over the entire area by building a
massive number of apartment buildings to be rented exclusively to
other hasids. This slow, silent invasion is often not met with a red
carpet. New windows in buildings under construction are often and
quickly broken by rock throwing youth from the nearby minority ghettos.
Still they build though, replacing the windows and eventually inhabiting
the buildings in mass numbers. Then the next wave of construction
takes place, pushing the population further into the ghetto - reshaping
the social and physical landscape at the business end of a bulldozer.
Curious, we took a little tour of several of these construction sites
over a span of many nights. What we found was not what we expected... |
Of the many buildings we toured, this was the only one with an elavator.
Note the narrow hallways... how is one to get furniture in and out?
The apartments were shockingly small. Bedrooms of 6-8 feet seemed
common. How can anyone live in such small spaces?
Elevator motors...
These stairs present in a large, open building who's future use is
not entirely clear. Very high ceilings were present, as well as a
trash filled basement which curiously contained no stairs into it.
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Elecricity is already running here. The steel walling is already in
place and soon to be ready for drywall. Note the ceiling and crossbeams.
Atop the corrigated steel ceiling will be a layer of concrete.Should
make for some durible long lasting structure...
9 out of 10 explorers like a good long hard shaft.
Touch N Foam... heh heh heh!
Oi gevault! For how will they live like this? And wehre is my torah?
LyChiam!!! |
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