Goose family, Jamaica Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Broad Channel
Sunday, March 25, 2007
The hottest corner in Queens
A couple of months ago, a 10-story, 130-room hotel was mentioned for the southeast corner of 112th Street and Northern Boulevard, and now a 44,000 square foot luxury condominium complex has been announced for the northeastern corner of the same intersection:LEV Group's CEO, Eddie Shapiro, recently commented: "We are delighted that our new project is being embraced by the community and we look forward to offering the neighborhood new modern residences in this beautiful high-end designer building."
LEV Group Announces New Designer Condominium Development in Queens
Yes, Eddie, the community has a history of embracing projects like this. So does Helen Marshall.
In case you didn't notice, Ed, this isn't a "high-end designer" community. Perhaps this is another attempt at forced gentrification?
Illustration from levdevelops.com
The Far East meets East Elmhurst
A recent press release from Greiner-Maltz reveals that a gigantic expo center is on the horizon for Astoria Boulevard:Fujian Trade Exposition Center Coming To Queens
“This development represents a change of land use from industrial (cardboard box manufacturing) to high value product showrooms which will transform a transitional neighborhood of bus yards, motels, and mixed use retail-office into a destination for merchants who are located throughout the entire Eastern Seaboard” reports Richard Maltz, Chairman of Greiner-Maltz. Further, geographically situated between the burgeoning Asian population of Flushing, Queens, and the rapidly repopulating industrial areas of Astoria and Long Island City, this transaction will “be the harbinger of a new development surge in Queens, which will add a significant vibrancy and economic growth impetus to NYC.”
Despite the company's claim that this facility is an improvement over the current land use, it is hard to image the construction of a commercial space of this size without a substantial increase in traffic. Also, take a look at the parking lot in the attached drawing. Does this look adequate for such a huge facility? Maybe they can define what "transitional neighborhood" means. Exactly where are those bus yards, motels and mixed use retail-offices going to go?
A Crap Above, part 2
This "penthouse," sitting atop a two-story rowhouse, is on 110th Street near 63rd Drive in Forest Hills. When the add-on was built, the front was refaced and a second door was squeezed in for the upper apartment. Now it is the eyesore of the block. Sent in by mazeartist.See also A Crap Above, A Crap Above, Part 3, and A Crap Above, Part 4.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
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