Villa Bianca Restaurant

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Address: 168-08 Northern Boulevard
Neighborhood: Flushing
Architect:  Persich and Giacopelli
Year: 1966
Current Status: Extant
Award:  Bronze Plaque for Commercial-Retail
Typology:  Restaurant

Highlighting both the continued popularity of traditional architecture and the ongoing adaptability of modern materials, the Villa Bianca Restaurant is a modern fireproof shell with interior and exterior finishes designed to make it look like a traditional Italian style structure. These details include a stucco exterior, multi-paned windows facing the street and a sloped roof covered in terra cotta tiles. Today the building houses a Korean church but the overall structure remains the same, although it is unclear what remains of the teak flooring, and terrazzo and marble on the interior.