News – little of worthiness in my absence, but explorer and history buffs can rejoice. Lost in the minutiae of what qualifies for news in this small town, is a gem of a ‘behind the curtain’ pictorial of the spit of land at the bottom of Hunters Point. Anyone who has a south-facing view in a tower on Center Boulevard has got to be curious as to what lies in that forest. Thus Camera Obscura wins the story of the week. Ok, now everybody get back to March Madness.
Exploring One of the East River’s Last Untamed Spaces – formerly a sugar refinery and Daily News printing plant
Restaurant Coming to Southeast Corner of Murray Park? – an unlikely location/space for one, but Wesley Cheng at The Court Square Blog got the scoop
LIC Clock Tower Building Gets Calendared for Landmark Review – no can tear down …I think
70-Story Tower Developers Want to Buy Air Rights from MTA – wouldn’t a tower that tall adjacent to the Sunnyside Yards ruin the view for most buildings built IN the Yards???
Sunnyside, Queens ‘Mayberry’ Near Midtown – Yo, they got a White Castle, what more do you need to know? Well “the area became known as the “maternity ward of Greenwich Village.”
LIC Will Get Another Boring Building, 88 More Apartments – their words, not mine. On 44th Rd
Evan Daniel Has a Modern Approach to Building Business – interesting profile on Modern Spaces new head of commercial biz
Outcry Over Pink Sculpture Intersects With Broader Questions in LIC – the NYT comes snooping in the ‘hood and finds an allegory in the Jackson Ave sculpture controversy
Living Pyramid to Be Installed in Socrates Sculpture Park for the Summer – the next thing you know there’ll be a protest over it
Construction on the Pulaski Bridge Starts Tomorrow – new bike lanes, remember?
Mr Nilsson Gets Reviewed in the Village Voice – pop-up Scandinavian on Jackson Ave. Get your reindeer here!
Hunters Point Historic District – and we finish with more local history from Mitch Waxman
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