Wednesday, September 2, 2015

72nd Road Construction

This building, across from the church parking lot, and right near La Boulangerie, is being taken down. I think I heard condos are going up there:


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  1. Condos would be great!

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  2. Finally. That building was an eyesore. We will see more building on these side streets .

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  3. There was an article about this on NY YIMBY:
    http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/03/permits-filed-109-15-72nd-road-forest-hills.html

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  4. Any idea what's coming into the old Strawberry? It looks like they're working in there.

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    1. https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150903/far-rockaway/man-takes-longest-uninterrupted-non-repeating-subway-trip-possible

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  5. Old news!!!
    The details were reported on Yimby on March 1, 2015. Here's the link...
    http://newyorkyimby.com/2015/03/permits-filed-109-15-72nd-road-forest-hills.html

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  6. they should put a Barnes & Noble there.

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  7. Do we know anything about this developer? I hope the building is designed with the community in mind. The Astor (or whatever it is called) is a mess dotted with a few small balconies. The Windsor is decent enough, but nothing to write home about. We don't need any more ho-hum buildings. Please, please, no more buildings like the commercial nightmares that went up on 72nd. Total eyesores. Fo-Ho and Fo-Hum for sure.

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    1. I think the Windsor is very tasteful. They coordinated with the original limestone used for the other buildings on that block. What they did across the street was tragic -- tearing out all that beautiful limestone for the eyesore that is now the CVS Pharmacy should not have been allowed. As for the high rise itself, I don't love it -- would have been nice if it coordinated with the Windsor, but reality is, buildings of all different looks is what makes up big cities in this day and age.

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  8. Many condos have been going up in Rego Park. If they start knocking down houses here we will see the same thing.

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