A developer is looking to build a dormitory and mixed-use building that will bring some 200 CUNY students to Long Island City.
The initial proposal, which called for a 13-story residential building on Fifth St. with 169 apartments, ground-floor retail and 220 grad-student dormitory units, was unanimously rejected by Community Board 2's land use committee in November.
As a CUNY Student myself I am for this project because CUNY in particular lacks dorms. Dorms are first starting to appear at sites such as Queens College (Due out in 2010). From a Community stand point I can understand they there will be critics of this proposal, for the same or similar reasons that Jamaica Estates is against the St. John's dorms. This project benefits Astoria/ Long Island City, Queens and New York City as a whole, it makes more jobs available, student life easier and better education options for prospective out of state students.
1 comments:
I hadn't realized that CUNY had dorms at all - interesting.
I think it's a good idea as long as they really invest in it. I find that sometimes they tend to cut corners (read: administration) and well.. that's not ok with housing stuff
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