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REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE!

June 18, 2014 by editor 1 Comment

That’s what this town has come to: All real estate, all the time. The LIC Partnership held its first ever LIC Summit yesterday, and despite a myriad of topics, the reality is it all boiled down to real estate. In tandem with this week’s news, including a massive new 1600 apartment rental complex announced for Queens Plaza(or is it still Court Square), there’s little room for anything else. Oh well, let’s just jump on the bandwagon and pile on with these quotes from the Summit, where we learned that there are 12,000 units in the works for LIC: [Read more…] about REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE, REAL ESTATE!

MORE LIC TIDBITS, WEEKEND AND OTHERWISE

June 13, 2014 by editor Leave a Comment

"That's all folks, no more apartments on the waterfront" — “That’s all folks, no more apartments on the waterfront”

Lots of little items to pass on, hopefully when you add them all up it’ll amount to something worthwhile. Here we go, stream of consciousness-style because after Thursday night I’m having trouble with the English language: [Read more…] about MORE LIC TIDBITS, WEEKEND AND OTHERWISE

DID THE NY TIMES GRAB A LEDE FROM LICTALK?

June 9, 2014 by editor 2 Comments

Or is it lead? I don’t know, what do you think this is, a newspaper? Well whatever you want to call LICtalk, as everyone in the city knows there are two news sources of record in this city: us and The New York Times. While I must admit that they are a formidable competitor, sometimes it’s necessary to share the spotlight, especially on a controversial topic where the narrative is seemingly aligned. Anyway, yesterday The Times published an article entitled “Affordable Housing That’s Very Costly.” This came five days after my story about the fairness of Hunters Point South being set aside as affordable housing. While both of us questioned the use of ultra-luxury apartments for subsidized shelter, probably the biggest difference in the two tales was [Read more…] about DID THE NY TIMES GRAB A LEDE FROM LICTALK?

LIC WEEKEND: ONE SIMPLE RECOMMENDATION

June 6, 2014 by editor Leave a Comment

Part of my job as the editor of this rag, is to curate all the happenings in Long Island City, as I can’t write about everything. After my lengthy rant about HPS earlier in the week, I’ve decided to highlight only one event today. While it doesn’t occur for another month, it requires you to sign-up and possibly prepare. [Read more…] about LIC WEEKEND: ONE SIMPLE RECOMMENDATION

IS HUNTER’S POINT SOUTH MIDDLE-CLASS WARFARE?

June 3, 2014 by editor 24 Comments

Housing or luxury housing? — Housing or Luxury Housing?

The decision to set aside “affordable housing” in Hunters Point South is a misguided government attempt to alleviate a supposed problem. ((Though it could just as easily be considered either a) an attempt to increase votes for politicians who support it(I mean, what politician wouldn’t support this seemingly benign project?) b) an attempt to create a legacy: largest affordable housing project in more than three decades, in grand view of everyone on the Circle Line, FDR Drive, midtown office towers. Might be as visible as Rock Center, and best of all, didn’t cost Mayor , err some politician, a dime)) Instead it is nothing more than a reallocation from the slightly have-more’s to the slightly-have-less’s, and whenever you gaze upon the towers after they are completed, I hope that you come to visualize them as a monument to such. [Read more…] about IS HUNTER’S POINT SOUTH MIDDLE-CLASS WARFARE?