April 11, 2017 By Hannah Wulkan
A local developer is looking to build five three-story buildings, with a total of 14 units, on a site that was the former home of an East Elmhurst church.
The developer filed plans last week to build five two or three-family homes on the site of the former Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church at 69-05 Ditmars Boulevard.
According to the plans, each building will have three floors with two to three units per building, and there will be one or two parking spaces on the cellar level, depending on the building.
The new development will take the place of the church, which was built in 1963 for the Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was founded in 1897 in East Elmhurst.
The developer purchased the building in December 2015 for $2.3 million.
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12 Comments
Mosque
It’s understandable why must have these churches there congregation members have been dwindling for a many number of years East Elmhurst and woodside used to be predominantly Germans Irish and some Italian you would be hard-pressed to find these groups in those neighborhoods these days .
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mark my words
more ugly f$$king buildings. maybe 5% of developers in Astoria use a decent architect or have decent plans approved.
95% ugly as shit and cheap as f$$k quality too
“Everybody’s an architecture critic.”
– Art Vandalay
Sad – another part of Astoria history is gone
The church was built in 1963, only 54 years ago. It was barely historic, if at all.
Sad – another part of Astoria history gone
Better apartments than a mosque!
And way better than a church!
And way way better than a homeless shelter!
this has been knocked down for awhile now —