A thousand reasons to love Long Island City. Tips: Editor@LICtalk.com
Though it’s been downsized from 80+ stories ((at 984 feet, it’s the equivalent of 80+ @ 11ft stories, even inclusive of tall amenity floors)) to 66 stories, the announcement today that “Court Square City View Tower” ((Wow that’s a mouthful)) will be condos, as first reported on 6SqFt.com, is the culmination of Long Island City’s change.
Calling them Superluxury, may or may not be a stretch. The amenities – [Read more…] about SUPERTALL TOWER TO BE SUPERLUXURY CONDOS
THIS news is about two months old for any parent who signed up for a class, as for the rest of us it’s brand new: the Jessica Lang Dance Center that was supposed to open in LIC earlier this year, has been scrapped for it’s original location. Per a note sent to parents on November 4:
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have withdrawn our plans to locate at 5-39 46 th Avenue. We remain committed to our mission of opening the Jessica Lang Dance Center in Long Island City and hope to announce plans for an alternative site in the future”
Looks like all the hopeful ballerina’s, fly-girls, and other hoofers will have to find a new avocation …or location in 2017.
//CORRECTION and Update – we received a number of inbound missives [Read more…] about JESSICA LANG STUDIO A NO-GO, CRABHOUSE TIP
Commerce never sleeps, and despite it being the holiday season there is no respite from change along Vernon Boulevard. Four addresses along the heavily trafficked southern portion have seen new activity during the latter half of December.
First of all, the Butcher Deli installed a new facade, indicating that the [Read more…] about VERNON BOULEVARD: THE NEW LOOKS FOR 2017
The subways are a little less packed this week and my head’s a little bit foggier than usual, two signs that Christmas is near. While there are so many things we’d like to see in the neighborhood, most of them are out of our control and simply a function of capitalism weaving its way. Furthermore, we’re pretty darn lucky given the bounty that we already do have.
Nevertheless, there is one serious void in Long Island City that makes this neighborhood subpar: [Read more…] about DEAR SANTA VAN BRAMER: JUST ONE REQUEST FOR XMAS
GEE it’s December and I just realized that I forgot to compile the annual LICtalk Real E-State of The Union for 2016! Unfortunately given the publishing schedule, centerfolds and whatnot, it’s too late to produce this voluminous analytical tome which is closely followed by all the local RE honchos. Plus, who wants to read forecasts of something that’s already occurred?
Nevertheless, there was a transaction reported yesterday, which kind of sums up the trend of our previous E-States from 2014 & 2015. [Read more…] about CLOCK TOWER BUILDING DEVELOPMENT SOLD, CONFIRMS TREND