33-10 38th Avenue
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40-25 Crescent Street
40-09 29th Street
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I walked around Jackson Ave, Court Square and Queensboro Plaza, and it was very busy with construction. There are so many high rise buildings going up in LIC under the radar. The area is “silently bulking.”
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End of an era
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42-38 27th Street
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The contractor, engineers, architects and various building inspectors did not notice the ‘handicap access’ requirements were not included in the construction of this new library. There must be more to this story that I don’t quite understand: but this is one really big boondoggle. 
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That’s this one is what it is:
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I walked around today. There is so much construction activity going on in LIC, especially for low-mid rise buildings. I’m sure we don’t have threads on a few of these projects.
What makes it difficult to track everything is the sheer amount of buildings going up coupled with Queens’ address system. It makes it difficult to remember the thread names, especially when some lots are bounded by 3 or more roads.
Western Queens continues to bulk, bulk, bulk even if we can’t track it all. 
Another aside, but I really like how much of the former factories in LIC are being cleaned up/painted and converted to office space or amenity areas for those that have larger new buildings placed on top. It helps to retain the old character of the area.
The above from today will become this: https://4301lic.com/
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38-16 Crescent Street
40-05 Skillman Avenue
43-05 Crescent Street
37-05 30th Street
28-90 Review Avenue
Last night. Skyline of its own literally. Never seen from this vantage point - across from the train yard.
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This would be an impressive skyline in most major cities, but LIC is just casually one of many of our central business districts. It’s crazy.
LIC (and Queens) still needs a signature tower that doesn’t look as bland as the Skyline Tower though. I don’t know when that will happen if ever. The directive for Queens seems to be don’t build imaginatively or with much flair. It still feels very much like worker bee housing even if upper middle class.
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The ‘directive’ for all buildings is a purely economic proposition: Maximum ROI (return of investment) for amount spent to develop the property. I am surprised & delighted that their are still some of developers who can sell the concept of ‘high design’ to the various stakeholders.
If I were a developer the formula would be simple: max-out the buildable square footage in accordance with FAR and the various zoning requirements, then design a LEGO style highly “buildable” structure, then source the lowest cost materials, and labor I can find.
My buildings would fit in perfectly with most of Long Island Cities new construction… 
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