I’m Sure That’s Exactly The Solution The World Monuments Fund Folks Envisioned

Where most Manhattanites disdain The Donald, some in Queens would seem to welcome the developer’s gentle touch:

Calling it a framework for the future of Flushing Meadows Park, a city consultant offered a sneak peak on Monday at what the park could look like in the future.

Nicholas Quennell, an architect and landscape architect, along with Laurie Hawkinson, an architect, updated the Queens Borough Cabinet at Queens Borough Hall during its monthly meeting. The cabinet is made up of representatives from local community boards.

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Hawkinson discussed the deteriorating New York State Pavilion from 1964, which last week was called one of 100 of the world’s most endangered sites by the World Monuments Fund. “As an architect, I love that structure,” she said. “It’s very iconic and you can see it from everywhere.”

The Parks Department plans to do another structural study for a phased stabilization, but has warned major work there will be very expensive.

“It should serve as a gateway to welcome you,” Hawkinson said. “It’s paid for. It just has to be fixed.”

Vincent Arcuri, chairman of Community Board 5, in the Glendale-Ridgewood area, suggested that a commercial developer could fix the pavilion “and it probably wouldn’t cost him anything.” He pointed to someone like Donald Trump, who went in and repaired the Wollman ice skating rink in Central Park years ago when the city was unable to fix it.

Location Scout: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.