The New York Wheel is being built right down the street from St Marks Inn!
http://www.earthcam.net/projects/newyorkwheel/ check out the live cam of the construction happening right now! Very exciting
New York Wheel promises to become one of the city’s – and the world’s – great landmark attractions, located in St. George on the New York Harbor. The New York Wheel will be transformative for the North Shore and for this borough. It is quite rare for a project to singlehandedly usher in a new day for a community, but the Wheel can. When you then combine it with the other great things that will be happening nearby, well, this is a special moment in time for Staten Island