![]() ![]() The rationale for placing a community center in a completely rezoned and newly built community of tall towers is pretty self-evident, though I’ve gone on about it ad nauseam here, here, and here over the years. Yet underlying the creation of the Hunters Point Library, is a dirty little secret: t he land that it is built upon was originally slated to be a “Community center with swimming pool” in the initial blueprints for the Queens West Development. Though we won’t really know for another year about the final outcome, I’m optimistic that the decision to build it will be proven correct. But grand projects that may come across as impractical or wasteful at onset, can sometimes transcend their original purpose, as well as transform a neighborhood if the conceptualization of it is on target. I know that not everyone in the neighborhood shares my sentiment, some thinking it an overpriced folly and others questioning the need for any new libraries in the 21st century. Despite the delays and cost overruns at the Hunters Point Library, I personally like it. ![]()
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