Pictures of the Day

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Now that we have a respite from the stormier pattern we were in for the past couple of weeks, what better time to clean out the storm pic inbox and post my last remaining ones?

Thanks to David for this first stunning rainbow shot:

And I snapped this one myself on August 19th:

Shiny New Parking Garage

The Aston's new parking garage—open to the public—and I figured I'd also throw in some pics of the building's entranceway while I'm at it. Why not.

New Aston Ad

Noticed that they've now put a poster for the building on the building itself as well...

Now, For the Good News: Awesome NY Times Coverage of Forest Hills

Boy, all those pathetic crashes on Queens Blvd. can get a bit depressing, no? Well, here's some good news to brighten up your Thanksgivings tomorrow. This awesome coverage of Forest Hills and Queens in The Times from several days ago:

Affordable and Reliable, Queens Real Estate Ascends

And here is one of my favorite descriptions of Forest Hills to ever appear in The NY TImes. Or, at least since I've been living here anyway :)

A couple of blocks away on Austin Street, he found a mix of cafes, bars, chain stores and small businesses and began to picture a life there. Twenty minutes and four express stops later, he was back in Manhattan planning their move.

And, while we're on the topic, here's some photos I took recently of The Aston entrance on 71st Ave.:

The Aston's Website

The Aston has gone live with its website, with some neat pictures of the apartments: The Aston Forest Hills By the way, what is that enormous body of water in the website's slide show? Makes it look like Forest Hills is a marina or something. Nice touch. I'd just like to go sailing there one of these days—if I can find it.

Aston Opening Third Week of September

  A reader sent me this:

We are thrilled to announce that The Aston will be opening the third week of September. We appreciate your interest and will be contacting you to set up an appointment to come into the Sales Office once we open. We look forward to meeting you and we will be in touch soon. 

The Aston

108-20 71st Avenue

Forest Hills, NY 11375

718.268.0822

TheAston.com

 

Advertising The Aston

Workers putting up the ad for the new Aston Condo yesterday afternoon. Looks like this baby is almost ready to open...

The Path is Clear for Northern Forest Hillers

This couldn't have come on a better day, especially with the grueling subway ride home today with its horrible delays. Northern FoHi'ers were greeted by the sidewalk in front of the new Aston condo finally being opened up for them after, what was it, years? No more having to be corralled like sheep into that narrow corridor. Oh, and I guess this means the CVS, which looks mighty impressive by the way, is about to open. What an improvement over that sad, depressing row of stores that used to be there!

New Coming Soons

On Queens Blvd. in the new Aston Condo

On Metropolitan Ave.

Latest Look at The Aston

Haven't posted pics of the neighborhood's newest condo in a while, so here you go. They've made a lot of progress since last time and I really like what I'm seeing.

Construction Update: The Aston

Here's how Forest Hills' newest condo is looking this week...

Construction Update: The Aston

The lower floor windows have now made it around to the Queens Blvd. side of Forest Hills' newest condo...

Aston Windows Going Up

I noticed they have begun putting the windows/facade on the new condo on Queens Blvd., giving us a sneak peek of what the building will eventually look like...

Elevator Entrance Being Installed at 71st/Continental Station

They were installing the elevator entrance at the 71st/Continental Ave. subway station last evening.

Also, by the way, I noticed the construction has finally begun on the 7-Eleven right across from this, next to the Red Mango.

And speaking of convenience stores, I received yet another confirmation yesterday that it will in fact be a CVS going into the ground floor of the new Aston building, next to the Key Food.

Aston Progress

This guy has really started to soar pretty fast...

Latest Views of Aston

Taken over the past several days...

Front (Queens Blvd. Side)

Side (71st Road Side)

Aston Rising

If you didn't have a chance to look to the northern part of Forest Hills this weekend, then you might not have noticed the crane arrived for the neighborhood's latest luxury high rise, The Aston...

More Coverage of The Aston

This time, from the Brownstoner Blog: Art Deco Condo Rising in Forest Hills

And it Has a Name: Introducing The Aston

.... as DNAInfo.com reports:

Luxury Art Deco Condo Rises in Forest Hills

The units will cost between $600,000 and $750,000...

"A new luxury condo complex under construction in Forest Hills will feature Art Deco architecture, green construction and a rooftop garden for residents, its architect said."