Hollywood East Bulking Up in Outer Boroughs
Pretty soon, all the movie stars in Boerum Hill won’t ever have to set foot in Manhattan. The folks behind Silvercup Studios in Long Island City laid out an ambitious development proposal yesterday that would include building two residential towners as well as numerous film production-related buildings on a six acre plot of land on…
Pretty soon, all the movie stars in Boerum Hill won’t ever have to set foot in Manhattan. The folks behind Silvercup Studios in Long Island City laid out an ambitious development proposal yesterday that would include building two residential towners as well as numerous film production-related buildings on a six acre plot of land on the East River just south of the Queensboro Bridge. With five television pilots and two studio movies currently being shot in New York (and more than 250 films in total in 2005), film executives evidently think the time is right for further expansion. Steiner Studios, located in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, is the site of the largest sound stage in the boroughs. The Silvercup project will face its first public review on April 6 at Community Board 6 in LIC.
Silvercup $1 Billion Complex [NY Times]
Silvercup East River Gold [NY Post]
Any development in the area just south of the Queensboro Bridge would be great. The north side of the bridge are projects (not nice ones either) and the area around the Bridge itself is prostitute central. Queensboro Plaza, except for Silvercup, is like Times Sq 20 years ago, plus some industrial and abandoned spaces.
MORE GIAMATTIS!
Long live high-rise condo developments!!!
It’s good to know that the film industry has decided to stay and expand, thus bringing more revenue to the city. There were rumblings a few years ago that they were considering moving out.
I think this would be great, but I just love how like Atlantic Yards is promoted as a sport stadium when its really a high rise condo project, this is being promoted as a film studio when its really a massive condo development.
I say bring on the stars! We have to ween ourselves from our reliance on the financial industry.