Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A proposal to put a library in the apartment towers planned for the site of Queens’ former 5Pointz graffiti art mecca may not have a storybook ending. Local Community Board 2 approved the Long […]
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LIC Community Board Changes Colors on ‘5Pointz’ Towers After Library Added
Sign up for “THE CITY Scoop,” our daily newsletter where we send you stories like this first thing in the morning. A Queens community board reversed its opposition to a new proposal for 5Pointz Towers — a luxury complex planned at the site of a famed former Long Island City street art mecca — thanks, […]
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Community Board Pans Bulked-Up Plans for 5Pointz Towers
A Queens community board recommended Monday that the city deny a developer’s revised plans to build a luxury apartment complex at the site of the old 5Pointz street art mecca. Developer David Wolkoff, who co-owns the property with his father, Jerry, is hoping to boost the number of units by 100 — for a total […]
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Queens Community Board Holds Private Meeting With 5Pointz Developer
Queens community board members met privately last week with a developer seeking their approval on revised plans to build luxury apartment buildings at the old 5Pointz graffiti hotspot, THE CITY has learned. Three people, including developer David Wolkoff, gathered at Manducatis Rustica, Italian restaurant, on July 16. The session came less than two weeks before […]
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Developers Hope to Draw Artists Back to Queens’ 5Pointz
The developers who whitewashed the street art at the legendary Queens graffiti hotspot 5Pointz want to paint over bad feelings and lure artists back to the site. The owners are vying to capitalize on the Long Island City property’s colorful history — replacing the once-art bedecked warehouse complex with a luxury apartment development dubbed 5Pointz […]