Labor Day in Long Island City
IF March comes in like a lion, September slips in barely perceptible. Labor Day’s this weekend? Anyway, here we are. World Cup to start, US Open to finish the summer. Not much in between news-wise, for LIC anyway.
[Read more…] about Labor Day in Long Island City1K-Unit Complex and Community Pool* Coming to LIC Waterfront
A 983-unit 3-Building Development containing a Community Pool has been announced for Parcel E in Hunters Point South. Located at 54-42 2nd Street, this city-owned land has been the subject of debate and speculation for several years. Now the discussion is over and the details and renderings have been revealed. Local pols all shared their thoughts at the press conference; as did the city, and the anointed developers and non-profit partners for the undertaking. And the city press duly noted those thoughts. But the big question everyone is still anxiously waiting to have answered is ‘What does the Editorial Board of LICtalk think of this project?’
[Read more…] about 1K-Unit Complex and Community Pool* Coming to LIC WaterfrontRobots Invade Long Island City
WHILE many of the residents of LIC head for the beaches, lakes, mountains, and foreign destinations in the summer, there is a select group of kids staying in town and working hard to attain the knowledge that will give them a leg up later in life. More specifically, 4th and 5th-grade girls in Long Island City are mastering robotics, coding sensors, and tackling the “Grandma Challenge” this July.
[Read more…] about Robots Invade Long Island CityVernon Boulevard LIC: The Conversion From Retail to Residential
ABOUT a week ago, NY Yimby posted a rendering for a new 16-story, 161 unit residential building at 44-68 Vernon Boulevard. Located on the south west corner of 44th Drive, it’s on the outskirts of what I coined the ‘Warehouse District’ of LIC, and also the former home of Stillwell Supply.
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