FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com FEBRUARY 20, 2014 • The Queens Courier 13 ‘QueensWay Connection’ selects design winners BY MAGGIE HAYES mhayes@queenscourier.com/@magghayes Architects are jumping on the QueensWay bandwagon, A Better Kind of Cancer Care “We give patients the opportunity to get the very best cancer care right in their own backyards.” Dr. Je rey Schneider has an Ivy League medical education and was an attending physician at a leading New York City cancer center. His commitment to lung cancer patients led him to help create thve rst formal lung cancer screening program on Long Island and to take the lead in a number of breakthrough clinical trials in lung cancer that are achieving remarkable early results. “The patients clearly come rst here at Winthrop. We were rst on Long Island to incorporate a Cancer Navigator for each of the major cancer types to work with patients and their families. No matter what anyone says, no cancer center has everything, but I can say with complete con dence that cancer patients who come to Winthrop are denied nothing. “Sometimes after a treatment a patient won’t feel well and may need to return to the hospital. It’s a big advantage to be right nearby. I’m proud to be here at Winthrop because I believe that we are o ering a better kind of cancer care, closer to home.” €‚ First Street, Mineola, New York ††€‡† • †.‰ŠŠ.WINTHROP • winthrop.org creating designs for the proposed high line. The Emerging New York Architects (ENYA) committee of the AIA New York Chapter centered its 2014 Biennial Design Ideas competition on the QueensWay, a project intended to convert a 3.5-mile elevated stretch of abandoned railway through the borough into public parkland. The competition, “QueensWay Connection,” attracted 120 design submissions from 28 different countries. Entrants were required to design an entrance from the street up to the QueensWay, as well as submit additional designs to compliment the surrounding community. The Friends of the QueensWay, an advocacy group for the park, said the competition brought in “incredible” ideas. Though they remain just ideas and do not pose as actual design proposals. “It’s incredible to see inspiration drawn from around the world in conceptualizing innovative ideas that showcase the QueensWay’s potential to revitalize neighborhoods and improve the quality of life,” the group said in a statement. Five winners were chosen, including Hyuntek Yoon of Long Island City, for his “Upside Down Bridge” concept. Also in Yoon’s design is “The Plaza,” a space which “can be used as a versatile public space, meant to mingle diverse cultures and people from the neighborhood.” His design also includes the “Kitchen Garden,” an indoor space to be used for various classes and programs. The QueensWay design, which would run from Ozone Park to Rego Park, has sparked controversy amongst the surrounding community. Transportation advocates want a revitalization of the Rockaway railroad line, while others want nothing at all. An exhibition of the competition winners’ work will be unveiled at an opening party on July 17 at the Center for Architecture. PHOTO COURTESY OF AIA The QueensWay Connection competition attracted architects from all over the world who submitted design proposals for the abandoned railway. Hazing death ruled a homicide BY MELIS A CHAN AND CRIS TABELLE TUMOLA editorial@queenscourier.com The death of a 19-year-old Baruch College student from Queens who was killed in a fraternity hazing ritual has been ruled a homicide, the Luzerne County Coroner’s Office confirmed last week. Chun “Michael” Deng, a freshman at the school, passed away on December 9 from head injuries sustained during an unsanctioned Pi Delta Psi event in Pennsylvania, according to authorities. Deng died from bluntforce head trauma, the coroner’s office said. Photo Courtesy P o c o n o The New York Daily News M o u n t a i n Chun “Michael” Deng Regional Police Chief Harry Lewis plans on meeting with the Monroe County district attorney’s office next week to discuss the coroner’s findings and the next steps in the case, NBC News reported. Deng, of Oakland Gardens, was one of four pledges who traveled to the Poconos with more than 30 fraternity members the weekend before his death, the district attorney said. Following the incident, the national Pi Delta Psi organization severed ties with the Baruch colony and suspended its national new member outreach, according to a statement. Sources at different chapters of the fraternity told The Courier that versions of the ritual are still in use, even though it has been banned for at least 10 years due to its dangerous nature.
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