Hmm. An old house on a nice big lot? You know what's coming...
Yep, 72-22 57th Avenue was torn down.
Coming soon? Crap. The new owner applied for permits to build four 2-family houses. If the zoning hadn't been changed to R4-1, they would probably be 3-family houses. Thank goodness for small favors.
The plan examiner disapproved the plans, but it's only a matter of time before we see some Fedders magic here.
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Thanks to the kids of the late and great Larry Forgione for selling it for development. Proves how much they really love Maspeth.
This must be an old photo---Mr. Forgione had a wonderful garden. The house itself was no masterpiece, and not necessarily worth saving, but I was still sorry to see it go, being a familiar fixture from my childhood, and knowing what would most certainly rear it's ugly head in its place. And the garden, that's a deep loss. Neighbors came and salvaged as many plants as possible, but the trees, the haven for birds---all lost. Really, really sad. BUT---and it almost balances the "crime"---there's a fine old house at 54th Ave. and 66th St., also in Maspeth, which WAS bought by a developer, and when the family learned what was planned for the property, they rescinded the sale. So, it was bought by a man who spent the better part of 3 yrs. renovating and making it as lovely as the day it was built! It, too, is a large property, and we all feared what could've been!
I'm getting so sick of multi family houses being put up! All they do is sell it to a church who puts about 100 illegals in the house!!
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