YouveBeenZeked wrote:So what's gonna happen with that? The Mets fans deserve better than looking at crap right across the street from their stadium. I think it's time for the city to move those business owners elsewhere and get that filthy place looking respectable. Mets fans can't even hang out anywhere after a game. Pathetic.
from wikipedia:
Plans are underway to replace the scrapyards and industrial sites with a sustainable and affordable mixed-use development including a convention center and 5,500 units of housing. On May 1, 2007, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced new plans for urban renewal in the area, calling Willets Point "another euphemism for blight." The plans include environmental clean-up and business relocation.[4]
here's a picture of what it'll look like years from now.
