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Zeckendorf and others looking at a Dream City model
Zeckendorf and others looking at a Dream City model

From the December issue: A visionary plan advocated by the colorful William Zeckendorf Sr. to convert a large swath of downtown Flushing, Queens, into a modern $50 million shopping-and-theater complex was dashed 66 years ago this month.

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The city effectively killed Zeckendorf’s project, known as Dream City, by refusing to invoke eminent domain to help Zeckendorf get his hands on the property he needed to move forward. [more]

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