Hunters Point South again; City discovers ferry service; Artists in LIC?

Instead of a subsidized ferry that runs once in a blue moon and only on certain days of the week, why not build a pedestrian/bike bridge across the East River and put all the transit griping in LIC to rest?

Yeah, that pedestrian bridge idea is fantastic!

There is a walking lane over the 59st bridge dummies

have you used that lane? It’s kind of dangerous.

Residential/Hotel. It’s not a conversion. They will knock it down an build a luxury tower 30-40 floors that will take an entire block. Plans have been drawn years ago. The owner was waiting for the re-zoning and to purchase “Shannon Pot” the bar which is on the corner of Jackson.

5pointz is a awesome building. Yet, inside is really run down. It’s mostly a home for sweatshops which produce t-shirts, various trinckets and knock-offs.

I don’t know where that comment about 5Pointz not housing legitimate artists comes from. There are serious studios in there. Did you ever look at the list of people who have studios there? Not all are big artists, sure, but I know at least several who show in big galleries. You make it sound like artists won’t be displaced and 5Pointz is not real working studios. It is.

no. 5, I said a pedestian bridge/bikeway, from the Hunters Point waterfront right to the UN. My god, I think 80% of HP commuters who have no mobility problems would use that thing every day. The city no longer thinks big when it comes to innovative transit infrastructure. This is the kind of project we used to be known for in this city.

“However, this is a huge building and good part of it is bunch of people printing t-shirts and creating knock-off DVDs.”

This explains the giant stack of DVD players that were on the sidewalk out front a few months back. They made good dominoes, at least.

http://flickr.com/photos/brandonz/2395026078/in/set-72157604421823221/

I was looking at that Queens Gazette article about hunters point. They complain that the $700/mo studio’s that will be created are affordable for the $60K workers but not the $24k workers.
If anyone puts up numbers of apartments that only cost $700/mo, I would call that a miracle! Besides, isn’t 1/3 of your income a reasonable target for $24k ($8400/yr)??