Towers are coming to Astoria, but will jobs?

Walking west on 30th Avenue from Astoria's business district, the bustling restaurants, shops and coffee spots slowly get fewer and farther between until a cluster of industrial buildings covered with Technicolor graffiti comes into view at the end of the road, across from the sprawling Astoria Houses complex. Many of the 3,000-odd residents have spent decades far removed from the mainstream - until now.



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