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The iconic St. Mary’s Church on Vernon Boulevard will be knocked down to make way for a luxury residential tower according to plans filed with the NYC Department of Buildings yesterday. The proposal calls for a 62-story “pinner” building – one that’s very tall and very narrow – with many of the apartments full-floor 4-bedrooms with keyed access. According to the developer [Read more…] about ST. MARY’S CHURCH ON VERNON BLVD TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR TOWER
A new cafe called Sugarcube Patisserie has opened on 50th Avenue between Vernon Boulevard and Jackson Avenue. It serves pastries, gelato made in house, petit-fours, and of course coffee. The building housing it blasted out a previously non-existent storefront to create a retail space, as the demand and price for street level locations escalates higher. Early reviews from a sprinkling of readers are very good, so take tomorrow off and join cafe society for a day.
//The owner of the Army/Navy store on Vernon has “narrowed the list to [Read more…] about SUGARCUBE OPENS IN HUNTERS POINT