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=Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building=

The Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building is an office building located at Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard in downtown Jamaica, Queens, New York City. It is named after former Southeast Queens Congressman Joseph Patrick Addabbo, who was a major proponent for the building's construction. The building was built as part of the 1980s revitalization of downtown Jamaica or Jamaica Center, opening in 1989. It most notably houses offices for the Social Security Administration (SSA), and is often called the Social Security Building as a result.

Description
The Joseph P. Addabbo Federal Building is located at the southwest corner of Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard. The building occupies nearly the entire block bound by Jamaica Avenue to the north, Parsons Boulevard to the east, Archer Avenue to the south, and 153rd Street to the west. Adjacent to the west of the building on 153rd Street is the former First Reformed Dutch Church, now the Jamaica Performing Arts Center. The intersection of Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard has historically been the commercial epicenter of downtown Jamaica. Across Parsons Boulevard to the east is One Jamaica Center, a shopping complex. Across Jamaica Avenue to the north is the Grace Episcopal Church. To the west across 153rd Street is the Queens County Family Court building. South of Archer Avenue and the Long Island Rail Road Main Line trestle are the campus of York College and Prospect Cemetery.

The federal building is 12 stories high, with a mechanical penthouse atop the building. In the basement is a 44-space parking garage.
 * Solar panels on the roof.
 * Atop the eastern (Parsons Boulevard) and western facades is a sundail.

History
The site of the Federal Building was originally occupied by Pettit's Tavern, a hotel which was visited by George Washington in 1790. It was demolished in 1906. The site was the location of several shops prior to the construction of the Federal Building.

Planning and construction
In 1968, the Regional Plan Association released a proposal for revitalizing Downtown Jamaica entitled "Jamaica Center". Among the proposals included establishing new offices in the district, particularly at the epicenter of Jamaica Avenue and Parsons Boulevard. In 1969, Congressman Joseph Patrick Addabbo proposed the construction of a Social Security building in Queens. A Senate resolution for feasibility study on a potential federal building in Queens was passed on May 3, 1978. In June 1979, the administration of President Jimmy Carter announced its support for the project. Federal funding was allocated for the building in 1980. The design for the building was selected in 1981 after contest held by General Services Administration, in which six architectural firms prepared designs. At the time, it was projected to be the largest office building in Queens, and the second largest federal building in the city after the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in Manhattan. It would consolidate operations of the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the borough, at the time housed in four buildings on other parts of Queens, including offices in LeFrak City Plaza in Rego Park.

The building along with the nearby York College campus and the Archer Avenue Subway were be built as part of the renewal of the downtown Jamaica area, which created Jamaica Center based on the RPA's plan. The federal building project was opposed by Richard LeFrak, developer of LeFrak City, who would lose tenants with the relocation of the SSA offices. LeFrak had initially proposed to develop additional space; this proposal was rejected by the federal government.

On September 19, 1982, a ceremony was held by the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation at the future building site, attended by local civic and business leaders and elected officials. Bidding for contracts began in March 1983. The building was originally projected to be completed in 1986, but the project suffered delays. One of these setbacks was a conflict with the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), due to possible interference with the construction of the adjacent subway station. Because of this, work was stopped by the GSA in April 1984 in order to bolster the building's foundation. Further delays were caused by a lack of bricks for the outer facade as well as bricklayers. In addition, the General Contractor for the contract was accused of making fraudulent claims of construction costs. On May 27, 1986, the U.S. Congress approved a measure to name the building after Joseph P. Addabbo, who had recently passed away. The Federal Building was opened in 1989. It was dedicated on March 20, 1989. Plans to incorporate the adjacent First Reformed Church into the federal building as an auditorium were abandoned.

Later years

 * Beginning in 2011, students from the Immaculate Conception Catholic Academy in Jamaica Estates lobbied for a bronze plaque to be installed at the building, in order to honor George Washington's visit to Pettit's Tavern. After delays due to the 2013 federal government shutdown, the plaque was unveiled in a ceremony at the school on December 10, 2013, attended by Joseph Addabbo Jr. It was later installed on the building.

JJC History

 * Jamaica Jewish Center opened on November 1, 1929. Formally dedicated on November 3, with Mayor Jimmy Walker as principal speaker.

Early life

 * born to father José Manuel and mother Rosa
 * father worked on a sugarcane farm, later worked at a factory, opened store/bodega in Palmar Arriba outside Villa González.


 * Reyes first played for the softball team at the factory where his father worked.
 * would play with makeshift gloves consisting of old cardboard or milk cartons.
 * Later played in a youth league in Santiago.
 * Initially hitting only right-handed, Reyes began hitting left-handed in 1999 just before signing with the Mets.

St. Joseph's History

 * Cornerstone laid June 10, 1962.
 * Opens January 1963.
 * Acquired by Group Health, Inc. (now EmblemHealth) in March 1974.
 * St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers ran the hospital since 1985.

Closure

 * 2003 - Financial losses; plans to sell St. Joseph's.
 * April 2004
 * Closed August or September 2004. `
 * Sold by April 2005.
 * St. Vincent files for bankruptcy July 2005.

Queensboro Hospital

 * Located at modern corner of Parsons Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway (then the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Lotts Lane).
 * Designed by architects William E. Austin and George W. Conable.
 * 54? 100? beds.


 * Completed 1916.
 * Opened June 29, 1916.
 * Plan for a total of 20 buildings.
 * Second building complete in 1923.
 * First morgue in Queens, open at the hospital 1930.

2014

 * Principal Judy Henry.

Background
for all three articles

One of the earliest known automobile races in New York City was in 1896, when six cars competed in a race between the city and Westchester County, New York. In 1898, the Harlem River Speedway was opened along the Harlem River in Upper Manhattan, first used for horses and horse-drawn carriages, and later opened to automobiles in 1919. It was later converted into the Harlem River Drive highway.

For many years afterwards, it has been attempted to establish an event for a major auto racing series within the New York metropolitan area, including Formula One, NASCAR, and IndyCar. A NASCAR event was held at Linden Airport in Linden, New Jersey in 1954. In 1975 and again in 1983, a racing circuit to host a Formula One grand prix event was proposed for the New York City area. Potential sites included Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens, and the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey. The Flushing Meadows plans were opposed by the local community and environmental groups, and the race was postponed and ultimately cancelled by 1985. The Meadowlands site would host the Meadowlands Grand Prix Champ Car event in 1984. Beginning in 2003, a NASCAR track called Liberty Speedway was planned, with potential sites at the Meadowlands, Linden, and Bloomfield, Staten Island. In 2004, the International Speedway Corporation (owned by NASCAR) purchased the Staten Island site, but track was never built. Around 2012, Formula One again planned to hold the Grand Prix of America on the proposed Port Imperial Street Circuit in New Jersey. By 2014, the plan fell through.

Description
Brooklyn Street Circuit

The course is situated at the west end of the Red Hook neighborhood, adjacent to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal and the Atlantic Basin, the small body of water within the Upper New York Bay served by the terminal. The site is bound by the east-to-west portion of Bowne Street, the Red Hook Container Terminal, and the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel to the north, and by Wolcott Street to the south. Imlay Street and Conover Street mark the east end of the site, with Van Brunt Street (the primary thoroughfare of Red Hook) one block east.

The track is 1.21 miles in length, with 10 turns. It predominantly follows the existing layout of the streets and parking areas near the terminal, separated from the rest of the street plan in Red Hook. The main and second straights utilize the north-south stretch of Bowne Street (which turns south after entering the terminal area), adjacent to Pier 11 of the terminal. Curving west, the track then parallels Clinton Warf towards the Buttermilk Channel coastline.

Construction / History
Brooklyn Street Circuit

On September 21, 2016, Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) President Jean Todt and New York City government officials announced that the New York City ePrix would be held in July 2017 at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook, with a track layout presented. Originally, Governors Island, Central Park, and Liberty State Park in Jersey City were among the proposed locations. In June 2017, Brooklyn-based McLaren Engineering Group (unrelated to the racing team) and D’Onofrio General Contractors Corp were contracted to create the circuit within the terminal. Much of the project involved erecting both temporary and permanent structures for the race, while existing infrastructure such as sidewalks had to be removed or redesigned to facilitate the race course. This included the rebuilding of the terminal's guardhouse in order to make it portable so it could be moved before and after the event. Much of the area was repaved for the event as well. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on July 12, 2017, upon the arrival of the race cars. The first race of the inaugural event was held on July 15, 2017, won by Sam Bird of DS Virgin Racing.

Access and transportation
The bus route runs one block east of the circuit along Van Brunt Street, between Downtown Brooklyn and Park Slope/Windsor Terrace. The closest New York City Subway stations are the Carroll Street and Smith–Ninth Streets on the IND Culver Line along Smith Street. The B61 connects with the Smith–Ninth Streets station. On race days, shuttle buses operate to the race track from the Carroll Street station, and from the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station complex in Downtown Brooklyn.

Design (twin schools)
Samuel J. Tilden High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Far Rockaway High School, Walton High School, Andrew Jackson High School, Bayside High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, in order to save money. The schools were constructed under the watch of New York City Board of Education architect and buildings superintendent, Walter C. Martin. The design consists of a wide three-story structure with a basement, with three axial wings extending towards the rear of the building and laid out in an "E" or "W" shape. The central and left-most wings feature extensions farther back to accommodate auditoriums and gymnasiums. The outermost wings also extend a short distance past the front of the building, forming a "U" shape and creating a forecourt in front of the building. The open design was intended to maximize the circulation of light and air into the building. Meanwhile, the wide and short dimensions contrasted with earlier buildings that rose several stories high. The three-story "E" layout was previously used at Jamaica High School in Queens, completed in 1927.

The exterior design of all eight buildings is based on Kirby Hall in Gretton, Northamptonshire, England,   a classical-style English country house. The outer facade consists primarily of white granite, brick and stone, with ornamental details utilizing bronze and terracotta. The buildings feature hundreds of closely-spaced windows to let in natural light. The schools were designed as small campuses to provide a "somewhat collegiate atmosphere". The older schools (Tilden, Far Rockaway, Adams, Lincoln, Walton, Cleveland) feature intricate ornamental designs. The design of Bayside and Jackson High Schools, built later in the 1930s, was considered to be "a modern adaptation of the Adams, Lincoln, and Tilden High Schools". They were designed in a more modern style with simplified designs and fewer decorative elements. The younger schools were built with Public Works Administration funds.

Campus Magnet

 * HS Arch assess
 * Field Arch assess


 * The entire field was renovated under the "Take the Field" initiative in the early 2000s.

Lincoln High School

 * 10 Acre site
 * Basement
 * Natatorium: short course competition regulations pool, measuring 75 feet long, w/ skylights.
 * Shop classes
 * Shooting range
 * Cafeteria
 * Utilities
 * First Floor
 * Auditorium; seats 1,400; end of wing
 * gymnasiums; end of other wings
 * Library; end of other (other?) wing.
 * Misc
 * Raised foundation and no cellar to prevent flooding from CI Creek.
 * Bank
 * Dark Room
 * Home-ec kitchen and numerous other home-ec rooms


 * Flooding during construction.
 * Coney Island Creek at the school was filled in.
 * Cornerstone laid May 7, 1929 by Mayor Jimmy Walker.
 * Opened September 8, 1930. Cost $2.5 million.
 * Due to over capacity enrollment (around 5,000), P.S. 216 was used as an annex.

John Adams

 * HS Arch assess
 * Field Arch assess


 * Unlike its sister schools which are flush to the street, John Adams High School is set back from Rockaway Boulevard, which runs at a diagonal in front of the school.
 * Athletic fields behind the school were farmland.
 * Opened September 8, 1930.

Far Rockaway

 * HS Arch assess
 * Field Arch assess


 * Originally the site of "Solomon's Castle"
 * Groundbreaking September 12, 1927.
 * Open January 31 or February 1, 1929.

Grover Cleveland

 * HS Arch assess
 * Field Arch assess 1 (Softball field)
 * Field Arch assess 2


 * Grover Cleveland Playground.


 * Opened September 22, 1931.

Athletic fields
Grover Cleveland High School has two athletic complexes. The first is located adjacent to the west of the school. It features an artificial turf softball field fronting Metropolitan Avenue, and five tennis courts directly behind the school. The second larger athletic complex is located farther south beyond the Linden Hill Cemetery. The property is bound by Onderdonk Avenue to the north, Willoughby Avenue to the east, DeKalb Avenue, and Seneca Avenue to the south, with an entrance at DeKalb and Seneca Avenues. This complex features a multi-purpose turf field circumscribed by a running track, similar to other city high school fields, with cutouts and mounds for baseball and softball. Two pairs of tennis courts are located at the northeast and northwest corners of the complex. Four handball courts are located at the northeast corner. A field house is located at the entrance of the complex. The complex also contains a batting cage and an electronic scoreboard. The complex was entirely rebuilt in 2016.

Reference
=NYC High Schools with similar designs=
 * Evander Childs, FK Lane, Theodore Roosevelt High School (New York City)
 * DeWitt Clinton

=Herman Ridder Junior High School (Public School 98)=

Design
Modern/Gothic/Art Deco.


 * Opened September 22, 1931.

Design
Brick facade.

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