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The folks over at the Queens Museum of Art have thought of a unique way to battle the economic downturn: selling off some miniature real estate! The establishment's best known piece is the 9,335-square-foot model of New York City that was built for the 1964 World's Fair. For a fairly low price, you can now Adopt-a-Building in any of the small scale five boroughs (your own apartment building may even be there). As of yesterday, single apartments went up for sale for around $50, houses for $250, and as the NY Times reports "for $10,000, developers can have their brand-new glass-tower condo buildings added to the panorama — no matter how many units are languishing on the market."
Since it hasn't been touched since 1992, so it's a little out of date with the World Trade Center still standing tall (they said they wouldn't leave the site empty, but rather replace it once the new skyscrapers are planned). However, Citi Field officially replaced Shea Stadium yesterday when the New York Mets made the first donation and had their old ball park taken out.
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I love the Panorama. My fantasy is to adopt Riverside Park, but I don't think I'd have the coin for that.
My initial reaction was that the update was pretty recent...then I did the math and realized 1992 was 17 years ago. Getting old is creepy, yo.
I claim dibs on 56 Leonard St. !
I can see my house from here!!! I'm suing you Google Earth!! Expect to hear from my Lawyer!!
i didn't know Dick Cheney checked out Gothamist :)
Indeed I do my dear Gwinny!! I use Bohemian sites such as these to vet out "Dissenters"!! And also get any tips where to find the best Knishes in this Democrat Liberal Laden Enclave!! LOL!!
I wish the Panorama could have more exposure, so few people even know it exists.
GO PANORAMA GO!
http://www.queensmuseum.org/adoptabuilding.htm
Oh yay! The crowd-sourcing approach is a great model for keeping the panorama up to date. Though it's be a little weird that some parts will remain out of date while other parts get updated. Maybe they'll use the money from the donations to make other, less profitable updates?
I am wondering if Roosevelt Island residents who
(1) are against the planned Louis Kahn FDR Memorial can buy the land at the South end of the model island to prevent it being represented there, or
(2) want to prevent further residential development can buy up other vacant land on the model.
http://rooseveltisland360.blogspot.com/2009/03/interested-in-buying-your-roosevelt.html
Just like in real life, can't afford what I want.
:(