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Sky View Parc, Flashy Comes To Flushing

The Flushing, Queens area of New York is getting a bunch of high-end condominiums. The Sky View Parc will include three towers so far and the plans of developer Jason Muss call for six towers total with 1,100 homes. The bottom floors will be given over to a mall's worth of retail space which may end up including large chains such as Traget, Home Depot, Staples and Bed, Bath and Beyond. The complex is across from Citi Field, the new home to the Mets as of 2009. The first condos went on sale last month and sell are priced between $395,000 and more than $2 million. The developer reports that of the first 160 apartments, more than 50 have been sold. Move-in is scheduled for July 2009.

[via AMNY]

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Tags: condominiums, flushing, queens, sky view parc, SkyViewParc

Maison Tropicale Up For Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Estates

I'm late to the party on this one, various bloggers have called attention to the upcoming auction of Maison Tropicale, a unique structure currently sitting on stilts under the Queens side of the Queensboro Bridge. The Maison Tropicale was built in 1951 by French designer Jean Prouvè and was built in Brazzaville, the capital of Belgian Congo. The house was originally shipped overseas in giant containers. Now the piece is up for sale along with with other pieces of 20th century art on June 5 at Christie's New York.

Viewing of the house is going on May 17 through June 4 at Silvercup West. The Maison has no plumbing and is wired for electricity. It ships in six containers and measures 59-foot-by-32-foot–by-16-foot-tall. It has a double aluminum roof and two internal steel axial porticos with four walls comprised of aluminum facade panels, some pieced with blue glass portholes. The estimate for the house is between $4 million and $6 million.

[via Queens Tribune]

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Tags: christies, jean prouve, maison tropicale, MaisonTropicale, new york, NewYork, queens

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