Neighborhood Gets Rear-ended By Queen Of Queens.


An enormous statue, second in size to the Statue of Liberty, of Queen Catherine of Braganza, will be located on a wharf between Borden and 54th Avenues (near the ferry) at the Queens West project. This 35-foot statue, created by artist Audrey Flack, is under construction in Beacon, New York and should be installed by 1998.

Once again this project did not provide any opportunity for the local community to participate. Hunters Point has a large artist population that was overlooked during the artist selection process.

The placement of the statue, with its back to the neighborhood, is symptomatic of the projectıs relationship with the Hunters Point community.

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