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This month in real estate history: Queens rezoning, construction strike and more

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St. Joseph's
The Sisters of St. Joseph convent was originally built as an orphanage.

From the August issue: 1967: The city approved the rezoning of a residential block in Flushing, Queens, to allow for the construction of a large commercial project on the site, 48 years ago this month. 

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The Board of Estimate voted to rezone the block bounded by Union Street, Sanford Avenue, Kissena Boulevard and Barclay Avenue. At the time, it was home to a convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The $10 million development planned for the site (about $71 million in 2015 dollars), was a four-story, 300,000-square-foot building with a four-level parking garage accommodating 1,000 cars. [more]

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