Oh, I would have "guessed"! N.Y.C, goes through great revitalization every few decades.
What I wouldn't have ever guessed, is the grand upgrades made to HELL'S KITCHEN; which is now filling up with LUXURY condos!
Harlem is next. It simply is too geographically desirable. I suspect the gays will hit it hard, as the pioneers. Some of them will make millions.
My Dad grew up in Hell's Kitchen in the '40s. Neither he nor I could afford to live there now, I'm sure.