MoMI as a Future House
The first time I saw this futuristic house in a commercial for New Jersey lottery's "Cash 4 Life," I thought it looked familiar:
![](//1.bp.blogspot.com/-W4u-T5fiaTw/VC3tn7Ozr4I/AAAAAAAAC0o/-3Cofm0eeDk/s640/cash4life.jpg)
Turns out it's the highly photogenic Museum of the Moving Image expansion in Astoria, Queens, designed by Thomas Leeser:
![](//3.bp.blogspot.com/-H-gAfvg3w_Y/VC3xirlZ_kI/AAAAAAAAC00/mXwqJyEu_tA/s1600/tmp9064.tmp_tcm20-706423.jpg)
[Photo: Elizabeth Felicella | Image source]
Specifically it's the cafe at the back of the lobby, which doubles as an event space:
![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/-wPpacQUqdLg/VC3yzTr22pI/AAAAAAAAC1A/aCXKGMOS46E/s1600/e19980MoMI_lobby_event-jan13p-0011.jpg)
[Photo:Wendy Moger-Bross/Museum of the Moving Image | Image source]
And in the land of commercials it doubles as a house in the not-too-distant future:
![](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W4u-T5fiaTw/VC3tn7Ozr4I/AAAAAAAAC0o/-3Cofm0eeDk/s640/cash4life.jpg)
Turns out it's the highly photogenic Museum of the Moving Image expansion in Astoria, Queens, designed by Thomas Leeser:
![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H-gAfvg3w_Y/VC3xirlZ_kI/AAAAAAAAC00/mXwqJyEu_tA/s1600/tmp9064.tmp_tcm20-706423.jpg)
[Photo: Elizabeth Felicella | Image source]
Specifically it's the cafe at the back of the lobby, which doubles as an event space:
![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wPpacQUqdLg/VC3yzTr22pI/AAAAAAAAC1A/aCXKGMOS46E/s1600/e19980MoMI_lobby_event-jan13p-0011.jpg)
[Photo:Wendy Moger-Bross/Museum of the Moving Image | Image source]
And in the land of commercials it doubles as a house in the not-too-distant future:
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