What do the Hunters Point Library, Queens Library President, Center Boulevard crosswalks, and a new YMCA in the Rockaways have in common? [Read more…] about LIBRARY DISAPPOINTMENT, LOOKING BACK …AND FORWARD
RENTAL SPECIOUSNESS, PLUS MALU IS CLOSING
It’s amazing the effect a simple press release can have on a slow news day. TF Cornerstone issues one1 Tuesday morning, saying that its latest LIC rental building is 100% leased, and The Daily News, amongst others, laps it up and calls it news by the evening. So isn’t it ironic, that only two days prior, The New York Times real estate section prints an enormous front page article about the [Read more…] about RENTAL SPECIOUSNESS, PLUS MALU IS CLOSING
- and not even on a major newswire [↩]
47TH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
Seem like the whole world walking pretty
And you can’t find the room to move
Freeze-out? Well maybe more like slush-city today. But frozen out of new condos, that’s for sure. According to a press release from Modern Spaces, The Vista, a 48-unit condominium in Court Square, is 100% sold out. Here’s what I find most interesting though: [Read more…] about 47TH AVENUE FREEZE-OUT
LIVE FROM LIC: IT’S THE PLANET OF THE APES
Have you noticed the huge film crew on 5th Street in Hunters Point this week? Given the size and the staging, it’s definitely not here to film an episode of some dramedy on a third tier cable channel. Whatever it is, I probably wouldn’t recognize the names of any of the stars today anyway, unlike say Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, or Linda Lovelace. I mean it’s not like the memorable movies of yesteryear, such as The Planet of the Apes. Which of course was filmed in LIC. [Read more…] about LIVE FROM LIC: IT’S THE PLANET OF THE APES
LONG ISLAND CITY 2014 RESTAURANT ROUND-UP
For many people in LIC, especially those without kids, the number one topic of importance is local restaurants, or lack thereof. In Manhattan, this could actually be a whole article, as 40-50 big restaurant names open every season. But here in LIC all it takes is a new hot dog cart to get the whole town talking: we’re starving for culinary attention. Thus we bring you the LICtalk 2014 restaurant round-up. [Read more…] about LONG ISLAND CITY 2014 RESTAURANT ROUND-UP