It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like...

.... Frozen yogurt, as in Red Mango. Wow! What happened to that OTB facade? It seems like it was there just last week.

Just a clarification: I don't know if this is what the Red Mango storefront is going to look like. This is what the adjacent space to it looks like, and we don't yet know what it will be.

My friend took the pic so I didn't realize this pic doesn't include the Red Mango space on the corner of this building.

Place Your Bets...

... on what will eventually move into the abandoned OTB space here in Forest Hills. But until then, you can read the following article. All I can say is that is one prime piece of real estate here in town...

N.Y. / REGION At OTB Parlors, Ghosts of Wagers Past Linger By DAVID W. DUNLAP Published: August 28, 2011 The 50 or so Off-Track Betting Corporation parlors across the city have been closed since December, but very few of the spaces have found new tenants.

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The Last Day At The Forest Hills OTB

....  told beautifully, and quite sadly, by The Times:

N.Y. / REGION
A Hole in Old Routines After OTB Parlors’ Last Day
By MICHAEL WILSON
Published: December 13, 2010
As bettors collected their winnings, regulars mourned the loss of a favorite hangout in one of the last New York City OTB parlors to close.

For those of you who are so eager to see OTB close, think of it this way—instead of heading on down to the OTB, the next generation will most likely do their gambling in the confines of their own homes, via their computers, over the internet. Probably without the friendly camaraderie that comes from years of the same old daily routine. Possibly with no one to warn them when it's time to stop.

OTB Update

For those of you wondering about the status of our OTB (the one off of Queens Blvd., near the T-Bone Diner), it is open today, and here is the sign on their door: