Willets Point Businesses Being Relocated
by Eric Simon on Nov 16, 2010 11:30 AM EST
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PrintNY1 has some video of the remaining businesses in Willets Point preparing for relocation as part of the plan to turn the area outside Citi Field from a morass of chop shops and potholes into a commercial and residential destination. Chris McShane and I have long been proponents of the plans to redevelop Willets Points, and while we're probably still a few years away from seeing anything worthwhile, we appear to be one step closer to having an excuse to stick around Corona after a Mets game.
Embedded video is below; check the original at NY1 (h/t Mets Police).
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Where am I to go now
When I want to buy stolen rims, bald tires, bulk empty pepsi cans and a falafel, all in one stop?
"There’s talent in these here waters. Alderson just has to clear up the algae around the edges." - RJ Anderson / Fangraphs
by Dandy Salderson on Nov 16, 2010 11:41 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Rec'd...
Because before reading this I was going to post something early identical….
I stopped caring about these businesses when one of them tried to sell my dad a stolen bumper to replace our stolen bumper. We believe to this day it was the same bumper.
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
*nearly
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
There taking away my parking used to park in one of those bussiness for half price
Then after the game keep going down the road and Right on BQE without the traffic Jam
Wait--they stole the bumper OFF your car
only to track you down and sell it back to you?
Actually, that’s some pretty fair chutzpah right there.
Partly true.
We had our bumper stolen. At that time my dad had a Caprice, which was what all the cabs were so there was a strong market for hot parts to sell to cabbies for cash. We were driving to a game and an enterprising chop-shop owner noticed our missing bumper tried to sell us a bumper that by context was more than likely stolen. With no evidence to back this up, we still believe it was the same bumper.
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 18, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
The sooner this happens, the better
"We have gotten to the point where not only big market clubs are going over slot, but small market clubs are going over slot, and they see it as a competitive advantage. I don’t think we can be left behind in that regard. I think that we've got to be open minded about it, and we intend to be." - Sandy Alderson
When Willets Point is developed
I hope that the architecture echoes Citi Field so that it blends in with the new neighborhood.
"We have gotten to the point where not only big market clubs are going over slot, but small market clubs are going over slot, and they see it as a competitive advantage. I don’t think we can be left behind in that regard. I think that we've got to be open minded about it, and we intend to be." - Sandy Alderson
That would be nice.
Are the ’Pons involved in this?
"There’s talent in these here waters. Alderson just has to clear up the algae around the edges." - RJ Anderson / Fangraphs
by Dandy Salderson on Nov 16, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
I want them to put restaurants in the broken shells of chop-shops
to pay homage to the Shea Stadium era
2009 Did Not Happen
Total urban chic...
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
If they replace the businesses with something in the spirit of Citi Field...
Wouldn’t they just put up the Ebbets projects?
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
They would if Robert Moses was still alive
"We have gotten to the point where not only big market clubs are going over slot, but small market clubs are going over slot, and they see it as a competitive advantage. I don’t think we can be left behind in that regard. I think that we've got to be open minded about it, and we intend to be." - Sandy Alderson
LaGuardia is crowded too often, so another airport should be installed.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 17, 2010 2:16 AM EST up reply actions
Only if its in a neighborhood
because we also need more highways.
"We have gotten to the point where not only big market clubs are going over slot, but small market clubs are going over slot, and they see it as a competitive advantage. I don’t think we can be left behind in that regard. I think that we've got to be open minded about it, and we intend to be." - Sandy Alderson
Combine the two: A plane highway!
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 17, 2010 1:21 PM EST up reply actions
Great Idea, President Eisenhower!
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According to Wiki
Willets Point has one resident. I wonder if that includes when KRod was locked in the Citi prison.
"There’s talent in these here waters. Alderson just has to clear up the algae around the edges." - RJ Anderson / Fangraphs
by Dandy Salderson on Nov 16, 2010 12:07 PM EST reply actions
I like that guy
Gotta respect a hold out.
I wonder what kind of “spices” they sell at that House of Spices spot?
"There’s talent in these here waters. Alderson just has to clear up the algae around the edges." - RJ Anderson / Fangraphs
by Dandy Salderson on Nov 16, 2010 12:18 PM EST up reply actions
It's Indian spices
wholesale business
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
It's like friggin Centralia, PA (creepiest place in the U.S.)
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 17, 2010 2:17 AM EST up reply actions
i'm going to miss all that terrible crime
HELLO HELLO MR WILPON... BUY THAT MANSION. WE DONT NEED A CONDO.
by kendynamo on Nov 16, 2010 12:25 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Resendential?
I wonder if I could talk my husband into relocating there when I retire in a few years?
I don’t need much. Just a small place to call home – and enough money to buy season tickets to Citi then when the park will be in my back yard.
by MetsFan4Decades on Nov 16, 2010 12:31 PM EST reply actions
that would be freaking sweet
hopefully it will line up with the time frame that I want to move back to New York. Now I just have to convince my fiancee (wife by then) that Queens isn’t on Long Island, even though it technically is.
2009 Did Not Happen
So is Brooklyn...
If you’re getting technical.
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
Has anyone gotten
Oh, the butcher and the baker and the people on the street: wheredotheygo?!?!? Right here: http://myentireteam.wordpress.com/
Bring in the Islanders.
Forget this whole Lighthouse project and build the Isles a shiny new arena at Willets Point.
it maybe a 2nd NY soccer team around the area.
@NYPost_Lewis: [Commissioner of (MLS) Major League Soccer, Don] Garber re: NYC expansion: “We’re obviously very focused on our 20th team in New York. We’ve been meeting with the city, the Wilpon family..”
Whoever the Canadian Jerry Manuel is...
Is sitting by the phone.
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 11:48 PM EST up reply actions
Is The Canadian Jerry Manuel
anything like The American Mr. Hockey?
What's the score, boys?
What did Bugs Bunny do?
What's with the Carrot League baseball today?
I'm guessing yes
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 18, 2010 8:03 PM EST up reply actions
Fuck and yes
I want this desperately. Seeing as the alternative is probably them becoming the next Winnipeg Jets.
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by Thomas Wachtel on Nov 16, 2010 11:28 PM EST up reply actions
That's all we need....
Two crappy teams there.
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by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 11:44 PM EST up reply actions
Businesses or no businesses
The Flushing Bay smell will still be there.
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Nov 16, 2010 6:42 PM EST reply actions
But I'd love to see the Islanders brought there.
….or for the Jets to have their own stadium….
"WHO WOULD LEAD?! THE CLOWN?!"
by I'mGivingYouARaise on Nov 16, 2010 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
Great news...I was wondering a few weeks back if there was anything new
going on. It’d really be awesome to be able to hang near Citi Field before and after games.
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by Steve Schreiber on Nov 16, 2010 7:19 PM EST reply actions
In principle...
… this kinda sucks. Eminent domain for profit, essentially.
That said, I kinda look forward to postgame drinks in PaysonVille.
by LeiterMilnerFasterStronger on Nov 16, 2010 11:19 PM EST reply actions
Well
most of the business owners are being relocated to College Point, which is a lot nicer than WIllets Point. It’s not as if they’re being tossed out on their arses.
Perhaps true.
But all those years of developing relationships with the local constables have gone to waste. I mean, who is going to reimburse all those donations?
It's a triumph of number crunching over the human spirit...aaaaaand, it’s about time. -- Play-by-Play Announcer, The Simpsons.
by MookieTheCat on Nov 16, 2010 11:45 PM EST up reply actions
Elmer Dessens is crying, somewhere.
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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Nov 17, 2010 2:20 AM EST reply actions
The speaker in the video is extremely careful to avoid mentioning it, but
If this involves the government taking land because it presumes (even through some of its citizenry) to know best how the area should be developed, I’m fully prepared to hate it. There’s simply no way the government should have condemnatory powers (and citizens should have their property taken, even if there’s the veil of “just compensation” simply because it feels an area is “blighted”. Seriously—the government is RELOCATING people and businesses because it knows best? That’s obscene.
This was a common strategy in the 50s and 60s to destroy vital, African-American neighborhoods by ramming the new highways through them. It’s not that the Willets Point redevelopment plan might not very well result in a prettier neighborhood, it’s just that the overall price is too high, and the infringement on civil liberties grotesque given that nothing other than aesthetics and profits are at stake.
I realize this is a political comment, but the article itself is highly politically charged even though that aspect is largely hidden.
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