There previously were two stores/offices with dwelling units above and a factory at the corner. But they are no more.
Also no more is this mural which actually lent a little bit of character and pride to the neighborhood. You may have died in service to your country, Spc. Bustamante, but your tribute has to go. There's crap to build.
The self-certified project can be summarized as follows:
The architect, Chris Papa, is the very same crapmeister that designed the palazzo stucazzo for Joe Franco at the White House.
"POST APPROVAL AMENDMENT TO ADD TWO STORIES, 22 DWELLING UNITS, OVER EXISTING 1 STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING. CHANGES TO SCH A & SCH B HIGHLIGHTED. REVISE ADDITIONAL F.A FROM 1080 TO 14,778 SF."
Does this look like an altered building or a new building to you, dear readers? The buildings are completely new, with 22 dwelling units replacing 2. Can you say "overcrowding" and "infrastructure overload?"
I passed by this location before Christmas and there was a makeshift scaffolding actually dangling over the yard next door. Unfortunately, it was at night and by the time I got back there to take photos it was gone. But it was a site to behold.
What a mess - not to mention, the entire thing has a F designation for Factory.
But don't despair, there's 7 off-street parking spaces here somewhere.
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It is built right on the property lines. How come there is no scaffold to protect the pedestrians and the neighbors after there was complaint on 01/24/11?
Good lord: we have a VERY similar situation, by the same architect, no less, here on Staten Island. An auto repair shop, two bays, has been "altered" into a two-story, almost 40,000 sf "wharehouse". The original building was not altered, the new construction merely abuts the original building (watching construction, there isn't even an opening between the old and new)This is one of your classic zoning nightmares, too: M31 right across the street from residential...
Once again, we're shafted.
DOB doesn't follow on this sort of complaint (pedestrian safety), unless its in Brooklyn (Williamsburg, Park Slope) or Manhattan.
Although the Spc. Bustamante mural is gone, a blue honorific street sign remembers him.
Most of 104th Street's architecture is tasteful and much of the street is still Italian in a mostly Hispanic neighborhood.
DOB doesn't follow on this sort of complaint (pedestrian safety), unless its in Brooklyn (Williamsburg, Park Slope) or Manhattan.
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Another reason why its just plain stupid to engage in conversations just with outer borough people or Queens doormats.
Indeed, how do they get away with selling gut rehabs as brand new?
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It's a horrible structure...it's huge!! It's right along side St. Leo's church & across the street from Guida's Funeral Home. Parking is bad enough now can you just imagine when this is finished. OMG!
PS: DOB will only follow a complaint when there's a fire and innocent people die.
Mayor bloombucks says "no need for parking I HATE (other peoples) CARS" We have the finest mas transit system....
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I would think our Albany and City Council delegation deserve most of the blame.
She is a product of this environment NOT the other way around.
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