The saving grace of Queens Plaza is its crusty pink spine, which is likely too expensive to replace, so all the banners, benches and condo glass in the world won't be able to yuppify it.Above and to the left, at least during construction, the Batman Building, aka Gotham Center, fits right in.
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Meanwhile at the other end of Queens Plaza, past the NYPD cruiser keeping an eye on the Scandals strip club above right, a graffitist tells us "cash smells" (or offers cash 4 smells?), below left. Then below right -- trying to minimize the odor of money spent -- the new budget hotels share the same design, no matter what the brand.
If this insults your refined architectural taste, just remember that if the hotels were forced to come up with a brand new design every time they put up a pile of bricks -- that's strong enough to withstand 10 floors worth of sturdy maids stomping down halls and overweight tourists bouncing on beds -- they would have to move the hotel another quarter mile out from the plaza, and the drunken 4 AM walk back from Scandals would be twice as long.
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[ Queens Plaza Playaz Club ]
