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10 Dec 2025 Conversations with Tyler Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art
“I think one of the reasons Queens has done pretty well, first of all, it’s, obviously, New York has done very well.”
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- 10 Dec 2025
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…A very simple question I have. As far as I can tell, Queens’ GDP has gone up a great amount since you were a kid, but there hasn’t been much new infrastructure. Everyone’s telling us, “Infrastructure, infrastructure.” How has Queens done so well? I think one of the reasons Queens has done pretty well, first of all, it’s, obviously, New York has done very well. One of the very logical outgrowths is, people moved to the outer boroughs. While there’s not been a lot of new infrastructure, there has been a pretty decent amount of existing infrastructure. The 7 train is obviously how you get to both the US Open and Shea Stadium. It’s also the train I took to get to school every day. Around transit hubs, you end up having a lot of development. Flushing is one of the closest cities in an outer borough to the center of Manhattan. That, I think, is a big part of its success. Let’s say we make you dictator of Flushing. What would you change to make it even better?…
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