Architect:
Greg Lynn FORM, Garofalo Architects, Michael McInturf Architects
Completion:
1999
Description:
This massive church is located in a strange area between the suburban, automobile landscape of Northern Boulevard and the planned community of Sunnyside Gardens. The LIRR passes alongside the church and 37th Avenue, adding to the feeling that the church doesn't really belong to any place, any neighborhood.
The plan is basically split into three areas: a large congregation space fronted by the large wall of translucent panels and the church's entry, the art-deco front on 37th Avenue now containing classrooms and other small spaces , and a series of metal-clad shells concealing the exit stairs required for the large, 2,500-seat sanctuary. All is surrounded by acres of parking, some at the level of the entry, some one-story below grade on the building's north side.
It's the building's north side and its series of angular, metal scallops that gives the church its most striking feature, even though this facade is the most removed from the entry, the road, and the railway. It's also ironic that so much effort was expended on a feature that's rarely used, as these pieces cover the exit stairs from the sanctuary. But perhaps that's the point; that the design needed some sort of POW or hidden surprise that couldn't find its way into the art deco piece or the main sanctuary.
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Address:
43-23 37th Avenue
Sunnyside, NY 11101
Map/Directions/Info:
The building is located at 43-23 37th Avenue, in Sunnyside, Queens.
Train: 7 to 40 Street/Queens Boulevard; R to 36 Street/Northern Boulevard.
Bus: Need bus info
Car: Need car info
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