Two attached apartment buildings to be demolished (Photo: QueensPost)
May 29, 2018 By Christian Murray
Three buildings located on the border of Long Island City and Astoria are scheduled to be demolished.
Demolition permits were filed with the Dept. of Buildings Friday for two, three-story residential buildings and a one-story commercial building alongside it.
The residential buildings contains five apartments each in an attached red-brick structure that incorporates 28-08 38th Ave. and 28-10 38th Ave.
A demolition permit has also been filed for a one-story manufacturing building that is adjacent to the apartment building on the corner of 38th Avenue and 28th Street– at 38-09 28th St.
The demolition permits have been filed by Lily Guo, a Flushing-based developer who is currently building 42 condos at 46-20 11th St. in Long Island City.
Guo has not filed permits for the three buildings planned for demolition.
Guo was unable to be reached for comment.
Commercial Lot 38-09 28th Street
28-08 38th Avenue (Google)
8 Comments
I am destroyed even thinking if these beautiful buildings with the beautiful history they represent being torn down by money grabbing robots if people that don’t even live here… I am one of the long time residents left in this area that remembers how we appreciated the talencand hard work that went into creating before “tissue boxes”,took over and families mattered! I m glad most of my life was lived bak in the day!
Flushing developers are the worst too! It’s going to be horrible design with horrible build quality. There’s nothing even here.
Look how beautiful those buildings are. They couldn’t just renovate and rent? All those people now displaced so some idiot can build a crappy condo
Go figure, she brings immigrants with money over here to get Visas through EB-5
https://therealdeal.com/2017/12/13/lily-guo-chatham-to-bring-48m-lic-condo-project-to-market/
Haaaarvey? Mr. Harvey Gessin? Oy, Harvey, you made the pants too long.
Right on the money. They have destroyed Flushing, now they’re moving into Astoria.
When will the city value its architecture? Answer: When it is too late.
Probably going to become a Chop’t, Just Salad, Au Bon Pain and a bank. Yawn.
This is sad! I love the old architecture. It’s a shame there appears to be no preservation guidelines or laws in Astoria/LIC. The original character of the area is rapidly being demolished along with these classic structures.
Great, destroy 2 historic buildings with some character for a bland new apartment complex that can fit a few more people to pack into the crowded trains