I couldn't help but notice Long Island City's "mystery condo" (now known as "L Haus," pronounced "Hell House") from a mile away. It shrieks for attention.Nearly everything else -- including the Manhattan skyline featuring Donald Trump's Big Black Thing and Citibank HQ (flanking the building, below left) -- is a wallflower compared to this building. Only the powerful accumulation of junk that is Newtown Creek (below right) can compete.
It looks like a fat parrot, and turns the LIC skyline (on top) into something straight out of Brazil -- in fact brighter than the Brazilian flag. Let's hope the developer runs out of money before the parrot plumage is hidden under drab condo cladding and the building becomes just another "suit," another turkey.
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