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Plans Revealed For Middle Collegiate Church Lot At 112 Second Avenue In East Village, Manhattan

Plans have been revealed for the fire-cleared lot of Middle Collegiate Church at 112 Second Avenue in Manhattan’s East Village. Presented by CTA Architects on behalf of the congregation, the proposal calls for wrapping the L-shaped lot in a 10-foot-tall aluminum fence, paving the interior with permeable pavers, and constructing an accessible ramp and entrance to the church’s existing worship space at 50 East 7th Street. The application, which spans 112-114 Second Avenue and 50 East 7th Street, will go before the Landmarks Preservation Commission at its public hearing tomorrow.

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54-42 2nd Street. Rendering courtesy of HPD.

‘The Orion’ 980-Unit Three-Building Proposal Revealed for in Hunters Point South, Queens

A new set of renderings reveal The Orion, a proposed three-tower residential complex at Parcel E along the Hunters Point South waterfront of Long Island City, Queens. Designed by Marvel, developed in a partnership between Slate Property Group, The Hudson Companies, and Volunteers of America, the $700 million mixed-use project is addressed as 54-42 2nd Street and would yield 980 new rental units, two-thirds of which will be dedicated to affordable housing for extremely low to moderate-income households, as well as a community facility space operated by local nonprofit Commonpoint Queens, an indoor community pool, and nearly 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial retail space.

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