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[RoldanTTLB]

If I recall correctly, the developer actually wanted very badly to keep the smokestacks but something about zoning or landuse or whatever came up and precipitated them being torn down. It would have been cheaper for the developer to leave them in all honesty. In reality, once this is done, it's just the library lagging. The entire waterfront from Annabel Basin to Newtown Creek is likely to be built out in the next 10 years. Hell, in the next 2, if the library gets built, the whole thing will be built out all the way down to Borden already.

[CarlosV]

The Powerhouse Phase 2
(50-01 2nd Street, LIC, NY)

• 2 large area (120,000 sf) 13 story residential / commercial buildings – include retail spaces and a parking garage (below and above ground)

• The two buildings are part of the Powerhouse redevelopment project in Long Island City – located on the site of the old Westinghouse Power station and the Schwartz Chemical Factory

• Structural system: cast-in-place concrete

• Foundation: Building B is supported by the existing timber pile foundation; Building C is supported by a new deep pile foundation

• Building C required special foundation and support of excavation design for NYC Transit Authority approval

Architect: Karl Fischer Architect
Owner: CGS Development
Structural Engineer: Wexler Associates

years ago...

in 1920!



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in 1925!



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aerial photo of The Pennsylvania Powerhouse in 1955 !


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in 1979



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today...almost indistinguishable, a travesty....shame it should have been converted intact at least outside........



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sidewalks widened....a good thing....


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buildings close to it......


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[CarlosV]

looking good in gray brick....


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[CarlosV]

Center Boulevard extension paved!




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[CarlosV]

3 stories in a month...


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[RoldanTTLB]

Not fooling around on getting the park open. Any work start on the foundations for the first 2 towers over there?

[CarlosV]

^^ do you mean the lot right before the school?

[ramvid01]

That park is really moving pretty quickly. It's supposed to open in 2013 right?

[RoldanTTLB]

Yeah. The two towers are immediately north of the school (the pics suggest nothing is happening yet) and then the l shaped lot around the school.

[CarlosV]

RoldanTTLB
I see some Random trucks parked here and there but no foundation work visible...on that plot.

[ramvid01]

They still have to do remediation on those sites probably, so it might be a while before those buildings starts.

[CarlosV]

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[CarlosV]

the former Water Taxi Beach


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[ramvid01]

Its a shame they closed that water taxi. That place was always full. Maybe an incarnation of it will open to the north by Waters Edge.

[NYguy]

Originally Posted by NYguy

The library just to the north...

http://archrecord.construction.com/n...ters_point.asp

New Library by Steven Holl Part of Grand Plan for Hunters Point



September 21, 2010
By C.J. Hughes
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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/ar...er=rss&emc=rss
Civic Engagement Trumps ‘Shhh!’


Queens Library at Hunters Point: A model of this new branch, designed by Steven Holl and Chris McVoy.



A rendering of the Hunters Point library in Queens as seen from East 42nd Street in Manhattan.


By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
January 30, 2011

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.1173979

Hunters Point takes a major step toward its dream library
New Queens Library branch will boast a bold design and focus on the environment





By Lisa L. Colangelo
October 4, 2012

The residents of Hunters Point are a step closer to getting the library of their dreams. The Queens Library is hosting a site dedication ceremony on Friday for the planned $28 million facility, an environmental and architectural marvel on the East River with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline.

“I don’t know of any other library in New York City that is on the waterfront, abuts a state park and lies directly across the river from the United Nations,” said City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, who started working on the project during his previous job with the library. “I think this will be a landmark in future years.” Van Bramer will join Queens Borough President Helen Marshall — who helped raise funds for the project — and local children on Friday to plant “trees of knowledge” that will hopefully grow along with the library.

The population has boomed in the once-gritty section of Long Island City, where factories and warehouses used to dominate the landscape. Those dormant structures were torn down in recent years, replaced by gleaming luxury towers. Shops and restaurants have slowly followed. But Van Bramer pointed out the area still lacks a community center. The closest library is a small site at the Citigroup Building. “There’s this incredible baby boom where there are strollers everywhere and yet we have no library,” said Van Bramer. “You can’t really have a neighborhood without a library.”

The library went with a bold design by celebrity architect Steven Holl that features large windows and a roof terrace. The 21,500-square-foot building is expected to open in 2015.

Queens Library CEO Thomas Galante said the building is going to be as “green” as possible. “There will be no air conditioning units on the roof, we are looking into using geothermal wells,” said Galante. “There is a whole environmentally friendly component that has to do with both education and experience.”

[uaarkson]

Damn, that library is awesome.

[colemonkee]

It'll be in architectural books when finished, for sure.

[CarlosV]

it will be steps from my home....right across the street.. LOL

some people are gathered around the plot.....they erected some tarp white tents i guess for the announcement tomorrow....

IT'S ABOUT TIME...that plot is an eyesore


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