A Different View of 'Queens West South'

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[Photos courtesy of Nathan Kensinger Photography]

Anyone that's ever ventured to the far end of Hunters Point in Long Island City near at the mouth of Newtown Creek knows that it's a wasteland. It's the area that's was originally marketed as the site of the Olympic Village for the failed 2012 Olympics bid and has since been re-rebranded as Queens West South. It could someday have thousands of units of housing. In the meantime, it's still a scary wasteland. Photographer Nate Kensinger wandered in and has posted shots offering views of Manhattan across the river and Queens West to the north. He calls it, "an idyllic, private barbeque spot, with homemade swings and benches looking out across the water at Manhattan's midtown rush." Us, we'll take the bigger, better Water Taxi Beach and its new sand.
· Long Island City: Hunters Point South [Nathan Kensinger Photography]
· More Hating on Hunters Point South [Curbed]

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