What’s up with rezoning upzoning of LIC? What’s the latest on the founder of the Long Island City Academy of Music? What really happens behind the walls of MoMA PS1 during a summer Warm-up? When is the CVS in Hunters Point opening? All this and more below as we approach the ides of August.
Frustrations and Concerns Expressed at LIC Rezoning Workshop – it’s not quite Charlottesville, but…
Queens Music School Founder Pleads Guilty – could get life
Cardi B, A$AP Ferg, Kelela & More @ PS1 Warm-up – great photo essay
CVS to Open Hunters Point Location Sunday – get your drugs here
Excavation Underway at 22-12 Jackson Ave – condos two blocks southwest of 5Pointz
Thinking Brooklyn but Deciding LIC – excellent selection
How Helen Uffner, Vintage Clothing Expert, Spends Her Days – these are the businesses in the neighborhood category
Play w/ 2,000 Pounds of Clay at LIC Sculpture Event – this Saturday, August 19 from 10am – 2pm at Sculpture Center, where else? Open to all
LIC_Resident says
August 14, 2017 at 2:13 pmIs LIC Talk able to find anything out about the library status? Knowing that this new library is being funded by taxes, how is the library organization allowed to operate in full secrecy on this project? I even contacted a representative from the library last week to ask when the opening date is, and the person said they didn’t know and there wasn’t anyone I could ask. I sense an expose in the making…
Kelly says
August 14, 2017 at 3:02 pmI agree this is a huge huge scam. No one is doing or saying anything about it. I even emailed the nytimes requesting that they investigate, considering they were fast to write a sparkling review for it a few years ago.
LIC_Resident says
August 16, 2017 at 9:21 amThat’s a great idea! I’m going to do the same thing. What did your e-mail say?
Center Blvd. Resident says
August 15, 2017 at 11:18 pmLooks like the windows are finally being installed. Saw them going up today. The windows were custom built by a German company (windows were being made in a factory in Spain, though). There was some sort of labor dispute which resulted in a significant delay. The pace to complete the project should pick up quite a bit once they are fully installed. Some things cannot happen until the structure is water tight.
LIC_Resident says
August 16, 2017 at 9:23 amEverything you are saying about the structure makes sense. What I am deeply concerned about is the lack of updates from the library organization knowing that they are using public money to fund the project. The fact that I need to get my news from a blog posting about a public project is a huge red flag. What are they hiding?
Anonymous says
August 16, 2017 at 11:31 pmActually you couldn’t be more wrong…about pretty much everything you seem to be griping about. Hardly a secret at all. Perhaps a simple search of, I don’t know, this website would provide you the answers you seek LIC Resident. https://lictalk.com/fatal-shooting-library-delays-lic/.
Did you really expect the library to give you an in depth response. Ha.
Not to be too blunt, but I think that you would have answered your own questions much faster than it took you to type five lines.
Anonymous says
August 20, 2017 at 9:36 pmThat’s exactly the point… only unofficial statements. None directly from the library.
LAR says
August 22, 2017 at 12:16 pmAny update on the CVS opening? It definitely didn’t open on Sunday – anxiously awaiting.