Photos by Michael Young
Nice update. I think our very own @Skyalign may have took those for King Contracting.
I didnât realize this building (or at least its crane) has been showing up in a lot of my 270 Park photos from the east.
Yes! I took all of the photos King Contracting Group NY is sharing on IG and LinkedIn, I shoot updates for them every couple of months.
All the pictures you took look amazing! Iâll make sure to add your name underneath each update.
Thanks man!
god i hope they donât actually call it dumbo market
Now whatâs wrong with calling it Dumbo Market?
Dumbo is in Brooklyn, and this is in Queens. Dumbo stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass⌠which has zero relation to Hunterâs Point, Long Island City, or Queens, or this projectâŚ
When trying to build a brand, you donât always change the name based on location. Now was it smart of them to go with a place-based market like your local bodega? Probably not, but itâs not a new concept.
This reminds me of a picture I took 10 years ago while attending a street festival in Manhattan. There was a vendor selling cannoli and they had this sign that made me chuckle.
Sometimes even within the city other neighborhoods or boroughs can be considered exotic/famous enough to warrant branding named after it. Now does DUMBO warrant that? Not sure, but I get it.
To support your opinion, some companies do change their name as they grow, especially nationally. The most recent local one I can think of is Chip New York City which started in Astoria. They are a cookie place that has grown to a national presence and in anticipation changed their name to just Chip City. Iâm not sure it as easy to do with something called â_______ Market.â
Edit: now that I think about it Boston Market has retained their name and I guess they gave no Fâs.
Anyway I donât know why I put so much thought into this and now Iâm hungry.
Edit edit: I just found this and am even more perplexed. It looks like they have been anticipating growing nationally and have a place going up in Hoboken called Urban Market - Hoboken. That⌠doesnât sound as nice but I can foresee people not understanding DUMBO outside of NYC and instead thinking of the elephant or a dunce.
oh yeah, it happens all over. honestly some of my favorite bagels in queens are sold from âbrooklyn bagelâ lol. just irritating to see bk neighborhood names creeping into the peopleâs boro!
Which of the five boroughs is âThe Peopleâs Boroughâ?
queens, the most ethnically and linguistically diverse place on earth
*edit: itâs also called the worldâs borough