by Samuel Nakashima

The waterfront along the Queens side of the East River, at Gantry Plaza State Park, has long been identifiable from Manhattan’s shores by the landmarked Pepsi-Cola sign, which survived the neighborhood’s transformation into a gentrified residential area filled with high-rise apartment buildings.

Now, a new landmark is taking shape in the distinctively designed Hunters Point Community Library, expected to be completed in Summer 2017.