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it’s always funny to see what developers and real estate-minded people think about where you live.<\/p>\n

in the image below it shows a condo development in the Long Island City area, which basically shows where I live as a vast wasteland of nothingness (which it may be! but that’s a different story!). All activity, all museums, parks, shopping sites and notable restaurants lay in front of the condo towards Hunter’s Point and facing Manhattan.<\/p>\n

\"view<\/p>\n

Beyond the condo are few amenities or attractions, except for a sculpture park or museum here and a cinema complex there. The subways seemingly terminate at the condo or aren’t graphically shown to travel to any other neighborhoods in Queens.<\/p>\n

The developers on their website<\/a>, while they have a flashy ‘panoramic’ view (click ‘Building’ then panoramic view), forgot to show what the view might really look like<\/a>, or to give a sensibility of the surrounding area, especially from street level<\/a>. They also cleverly fail to include a view of the local area eyesore, the Citibank tower<\/a> – personally I think the rest of the area is actually quite attractive with its rustic feel and detritus strewn about, I’d rather have that than a density of those towers surrounding the Plaza (also note that one high-rise does not<\/em><\/strong> validate the notion of An Emerging Commercial Center<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

But apparently there’s no slowing it down. While residents of western Queens can complain all they want<\/a> about the development, it’s a simple fact that these condos are selling<\/a>!<\/p>\n

[via the Queens Crapper<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Related websites:<\/strong>
\nImages of Queens Plaza area pinched from the Bridge and Tunnel Club website<\/a>
\nForgotten NY’s Queens Plaza page<\/a> – pretty depressing, eh?
\nGoogle Map of area<\/a><\/p>\n

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