From the Queens Courier:
A Queens neighborhood desperately in need of class space for its booming student population is getting a state-of-the-art $57.3 million facility.
A spokesperson for the Department of Education (DOE) said the agency is in the early stages of developing plans for a new school to be located at 45-46 42nd Street in Sunnyside, between Queens Boulevard and 47th Avenue. The 75,000-square-foot structure, called P.S. 313, will seat roughly 430 students in grades kindergarten through five and is expected to be completed in June 2014.
The building will include a gym, cafeteria, kitchen, administrative and medical suites, 20 classrooms, specialty art and science rooms and a library. It will also have a rooftop play space and a separate early childhood play area.
The site is located in a densely-packed urban block, surrounded by seven- and five-story brick residential buildings and some smaller single-family residences. According to Macrae-Gibson, the architects used a contextual approach to designing the school’s layout and look, integrating it seamlessly into the neighborhood.
12 comments:
7 story?
Actually the block has 3,4,5 story buildings none that are orange and blue.
Love that 6 story building at the corner that will replace the 1 story. Depicted in grey so that it blends in. I guess this will be their 7 story building.
That shadowy grey building they dropped in is on what used to be called a 'playground' ....
... something they used to provide in those backward times when the needs of the grandparents of today's students were more important than the needs of developers.
Its a sewer, that whole area. The crime, the pollution, the drugs and hookers. Who in their right mind would raise a child in that?
Oh I forgot, its very vibrant.
A rooftop play area? Sounds safe and efficient considering NY winters.
Yes, but will they actually TEACH anything?
rooftop is the norm,when the developers have to squeeze a building into space ,without p/u or drop /off or parking lots for the many vehicles that will congest the school. no ground play area ,yet approved by the B.S.A. fools.
check out the soon to open Asian Daycare center at F.L.Blvd/42 Avenue in Auburndale/ Bayside . Thank you LIU and KOO.....
A lot of the older schools in this city have rooftop play areas. Not saying it's a good idea; just that it wasn't unusual.
The neighbors living in adjoining private homes and expensive condo's, attempting to sleep after a night shift , will really enjoy the children and pupils play time expressions of fun. 9AM-6PM for 180 days, and 300 days duration, for day care centers
The adjacent landlord's and owner's property values will drop drastically.
stay tuned.....thank you BSA.....
Anon No. 8:
Name a school with a playground adjacent to housing where this is not going on right now. Nothing new in this city.
Beyond that, there are not a lot of schools close to this area. Those people with kids may like having nearby. Stay tuned for their reaction as well.
I meant "having a school nearby." Sorry.
when a 200-300 daycare and 400-600 , child public school was established many years ago , a potential resident and homeowner had the CHOICE to rent/buy nearby.
When the B.S.A. decides to approve SQUEEZING these RIGHT OF WAY facilities into the block, the only option is to sellout and move away. and that is what many citizens do.
Squeezing it in to serve the people on that block, possibly. You didn't answer the point made.
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