Queensbridge, Queens

[Edward]

Queensbridge Houses - in the shadow of the Queensborough Bridge (http://www.wirednewyork.com/bridges/queensborough_bridge/default.htm), in Queens.

http://www.wirednewyork.com/queens/images/queensbridge_houses_8feb04.jpg

[Kris]

Impressive shot. A rather intimidating maze.

Are the higher ones in the left backround Ravenswood?

[maroualle]

Hm it doesn't look like a save place; surely for a white ass like me :-)

[billyblancoNYC]

Largest housing project in NYC, built on the water staring at Manhattan. Brilliant move.

[krulltime]

Is crime high in this Housing Project as it is in the other ones in Brooklyn and the Bronx?

I don't think I ever heard about high crime in Queens. :?

[billyblancoNYC]

I think it's pretty bad, but getting better. Maybe we should as Nas?

[Kris]

Ask Nas? You think he still lives there? :roll:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000029GA.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000029GA/qid=1076568330//ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl15/002-6197846-7997669?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)

[clubBR]

Nas' brother Jungle still lives out there. Is there crime in Queens? Here's an interview with Jungle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lzsv5TAv0E

[Punzie]

Nas' brother Jungle still lives out there. Is there crime in Queens? Here's an interview with Jungle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lzsv5TAv0E
^^ Contains street talk, lots of n-word.

[Punzie]

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http://www.queensbridgetheotherside.com/

Documentary Objective:
“Present The Other Side of a Misrepresented Community”
"Public Awareness From The Inside Out"

Queensbridge News Center
WCBS Morning News Interview (http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=83708@wcbs.dayport.com)

CUNY: The Brian Lehrer Show (http://www.cuny.tv/series/lehrer/listen.lasso?-database=CUNYPROG&-response=detail2.lasso&-table=webprogdetail2&-sortField=TapeDate&-sortOrder=descending&-op=eq&SeriesTitle=Brian%20Lehrer%20Live&-op=neq&Real_av=%3d%3d&-op=lte&TapeDate=12%2f31%2f2006&-op=gte&TapeDate=1%2f1%2f2006&-maxRecords=1&-search)
Go To Time Index 40:53 for Interview Segment


The Queensbridge (http://spaces.msn.com/members/maynovproductions) Housing Project documentary compares and contrasts
urban essentials to the suburban values of the “American Dream.”

“ 'Home Sweet Home' is a place called ‘The Bridge.' ”

The majority of Queensbridge (http://spaces.msn.com/members/maynovproductions)residents are hardworking multi-cultural, multi-ethnic families trying to make ends meet;
keeping their children off streets and in schools.

The history of “The Bridge (http://spaces.msn.com/members/maynovproductions),” is told through the stories of these residents.

This documentary speaks of their struggle for change, success in career and life,
of those who remain, and those who have moved away;
yet many continue to support the community.

The interviews share and reveal an awareness of the community’s triumphs and tragedies.

This documentary shows that Queensbridge (http://spaces.msn.com/members/maynovproductions)is home in the truest sense of the “American Dream.”
"It is no bed of roses, neither is it a bed of thorns."

:cool:

[Punzie]

(Edward, I moved this from NYC for Visitors to NYC for New Yorkers, with permanent redirect.)

[clubBR]

^^ Contains street talk, lots of n-word.
Lol thanks rapunzel for the end note :p

[MikeW]

Looks kind of Dickensian to me.

[Punzie]

Looks kind of Dickensian to me.
I know exactly what 'Dickensian' means, and still...:confused:

[Dynamicdezzy]

Impressive shot. A rather intimidating maze.

Are the higher ones in the left backround Ravenswood?

I'm about 99% sure that's queensview. Its almost like housing for the elderly. Ravenswood is next door.