New MacDonald Park Building

 With the Covid vaccine coursing through my veins, I finally have begun to venture forth a bit further, exploring areas of the neighborhood that I have not seen in like a year (I'm not insane, after all, it's not like I was going to run around during a deadly pandemic). 

I snapped these shots of the new residential building going up across from the Post Office and MacDonald Park (which, by the way, was dreadfully filthy. I know the City is in a crisis, but wow, the amount of litter in MacDonald Park is disgraceful! I'll post about that shortly.) 

This new building, from what I've heard, will house a high-end gym chain, a parking garage and I'm not sure what else on the ground commercial level.

Renderings Posted for Former Key Food Site

 Thanks to Tommy for emailing in these pics...

The former Key Food site at Yellowstone and QB service road is starting site work and has posted some renderings. 

Forest Hills Construction Projects

Thanks to Tommy, one of the blog's readers, for sending in this map he prepared of the current big construction projects going on around the neighborhood. Click on it for a bigger version.

1. 69-75 Yellowstone Blvd - 11-story, 168-unit residential building with 20,500 SF of retail/commercial space; demolition completed, site prep underway
2. 107-02 Queens Blvd - 10-story, 72-unit residential building with 11,640 SF of retail/commercial space (Planet Fitness confirmed as primary commercial tenant); demolition completed, site remediation underway
3. 71-53 Austin St - 7-story, 21-unit residential building with 6,032 SF of ground floor retail/commercial space
4. 108-15 72nd Ave - 7-story, 26-unit residential building; demolition completed

Activity at Austin Street Corner

I'm just hearing the normal rumors and seeing the usual activity that makes me surmise there could be some big changes coming to the corner of 71st Road and Austin Street. Big sales, adjacent stores closing, rumors flying. Send your tips to edgeofthecity@gmail.com

Forest Hills Construction Site Pics

Snapped a couple of pics today of the demolition of what was the Party Store, Piu Bello and several smaller stores, across from MacDonald Park and the Post Office. See my previous post about the new building going up in this space.